- Source: Ribulose
Ribulose is a ketopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including a ketone functional group. It has chemical formula C5H10O5. Two enantiomers are possible, d-ribulose (d-erythro-pentulose) and l-ribulose (l-erythro-pentulose). d-Ribulose is the diastereomer of d-xylulose.
Ribulose sugars are composed in the pentose phosphate pathway from arabinose. They are important in the formation of many bioactive substances. For example, d-ribulose is an intermediate in the fungal pathway for d-arabitol production. Also, as the 1,5-bisphosphate, d-ribulose combines with carbon dioxide at the start of the photosynthesis process in green plants (carbon dioxide trap).
Ribulose has the same stereochemistry at carbons 3 and 4 as the five-carbon aldoses ribose and arabinose.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Siklus Calvin
- Metabolisme
- Kaperon (protein)
- Ribulose
- Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate
- RuBisCO
- Ribulose 5-phosphate
- Calvin cycle
- Pentose phosphate pathway
- Methylotroph
- Methylococcaceae
- L-arabinose operon
- Phosphopentose epimerase
