Apulose kinase

Apulose kinase is a transferase (enzyme) that is involved in the catabolic pathway of D-apiose. The enzyme, studied in bacterial species, catalyzes the following reaction

Apulose + ATP= apulose-4-phosphate + ADP+ H

Apulose kinase
Ribbon diagram of apulose kinase as folded through AlphaFold
Identifiers
EC no.	2.7.1.233
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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This enzyme is encoded in the gene apIK in the bacterial species Pectobacterium atrosepticum.^[1][2]