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Nomenclature

EC number

 4.1.2.43

Systematic name

d-arabino-hex-3-ulose-6-phosphate formaldehyde-lyase (D-ribulose-5-phosphate-forming)

Recommended name

 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase

Synonyms

 3-hexulose phosphate synthase <8,15,23> [2,7,9]

 3-hexulose-6-phosphate formaldehyde lyase <24> [8]

 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase <1,2,3,5,7,8,10,11,12,14,15,17,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28> (<12> 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase and 6-phospho-3-hexuloisomerase activities are expressed constitutively in archea [13]) [1,3,4,8,13,14,22]

 3-hexulose-phosphate synthase <15> [18]

 3-hexulosephosphate synthase <4,6,8,9,13,15,16,22> [5,6,12,20,21]

d-arabino-3-hexulose 6-phosphate formaldehyde lyase <8,22> [2,12]

d-arabino-3-hexulose 6-phosphate formaldehyde-lyase

 Fae-Hps <1> (<1> protein with hexulose-6-phosphate synthase and formaldehyde activating enzyme activities [10]) [10]

 HPS <1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28> (<1,5,7,8,15,19,22,23> 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase and 6-phospho-3-hexuloisomerase activities are expressed constitutively in archea [13]) [1,2,3,5,6,7,8,13,16,17,18,19,20,21,22]

 HPS-PHI <12> (<12> bifunctional enzyme with 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase and 6-phospho-3-hexuloisomerase activities [3]) [3]

 HPS-aldolase <15> [9]

 HPS/PHI <17> (<17> bifunctional fusion enzyme [4])

 [4] hexose phosphate synthase <8> [11]

 hexulose-6-phosphate synthase <1> [10]

CAS registry number

 55576-36-8

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Schomburg, D., Schomburg, I. (2013). 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase 4.1.2.43. In: Schomburg, D., Schomburg, I. (eds) Class 3.4–6 Hydrolases, Lyases, Isomerases, Ligases. Springer Handbook of Enzymes, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36260-6_33

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