Decaprenylphospho-beta-D-ribofuranose 2-oxidase

Decaprenylphospho-beta-D-ribofuranose 2-oxidase (EC 1.1.98.3, decaprenylphosphoryl-beta-D-ribofuranose 2'-epimerase, Rv3790, DprE1) is an enzyme with systematic name trans,octacis-decaprenylphospho-beta-D-ribofuranose:FAD 2-oxidoreductase.^[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

trans,octacis-decaprenylphospho-beta-D-ribofuranose + FAD ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ trans,octacis-decaprenylphospho-beta-D-erythro-pentofuranosid-2-ulose + FADH₂

Decaprenylphospho-beta-D-ribofuranose 2-oxidase
Identifiers
EC no.	1.1.98.3
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 from the bacterium Mycobacterium smegmatis participates in epimerization of trans,octacis-decaprenylphospho-beta-D-ribofuranose to trans,octacis-decaprenylphospho-beta-D-arabinoofuranose.