| Entry |
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| Name |
GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase;
VTC2;
VTC5
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| Class |
Transferases;
Transferring phosphorus-containing groups;
Nucleotidyltransferases
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| Sysname |
GDP:alpha-L-galactose 1-phosphate guanylyltransferase
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| Reaction(IUBMB) |
GDP-beta-L-galactose + phosphate = beta-L-galactose 1-phosphate + GDP
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| Reaction(KEGG) |
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| Substrate |
GDP-beta-L-galactose;
phosphate [CPD: C00009]
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| Product |
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| Comment |
The enzyme catalyses a reaction of the Smirnoff-Wheeler pathway, the major route to ascorbate biosynthesis in plants.
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| History |
EC 2.7.7.69 created 2010
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| Pathway |
| Ascorbate and aldarate metabolism | | Metabolic pathways | | Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites |
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| Orthology |
| GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase |
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| Genes |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Linster CL, Gomez TA, Christensen KC, Adler LN, Young BD, Brenner C, Clarke SG. |
| Title |
Arabidopsis VTC2 Encodes a GDP-L-Galactose Phosphorylase, the Last Unknown Enzyme in the Smirnoff-Wheeler Pathway to Ascorbic Acid in Plants. |
| Journal |
J. Biol. Chem. 282 (2007) 18879-85. |
| Sequence |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Linster CL, Adler LN, Webb K, Christensen KC, Brenner C, Clarke SG |
| Title |
A second GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase in arabidopsis en route to vitamin C. Covalent intermediate and substrate requirements for the conserved reaction. |
| Journal |
J. Biol. Chem. 283 (2008) 18483-92. |
| Sequence |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Dowdle J, Ishikawa T, Gatzek S, Rolinski S, Smirnoff N |
| Title |
Two genes in Arabidopsis thaliana encoding GDP-L-galactose phosphorylase are required for ascorbate biosynthesis and seedling viability. |
| Journal |
Plant. J. 52 (2007) 673-89. |
| Sequence |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Muller-Moule P |
| Title |
An expression analysis of the ascorbate biosynthesis enzyme VTC2. |
| Journal |
Plant. Mol. Biol. 68 (2008) 31-41. |
| Sequence |
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| Other DBs |
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature: ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: BRENDA, the Enzyme Database: |
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