Biology:Ribokinase

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ribokinase
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Ribokinase dimer, Human
Identifiers
EC number2.7.1.15
CAS number9026-84-0
Databases
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MetaCycmetabolic pathway
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Gene OntologyAmiGO / QuickGO

In enzymology, a ribokinase (EC 2.7.1.15) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

ATP + d-ribose ⇌ ADP + d-ribose 5-phosphate

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are ATP and d-ribose, whereas its two products are ADP and d-ribose 5-phosphate.

The systematic name of this enzyme class is ATP:d-ribose 5-phosphotransferase. Other names in common use include deoxyribokinase, ribokinase (phosphorylating), and d-ribokinase. This enzyme participates in pentose phosphate pathway.

Ribokinase (RK) belongs to the phosphofructokinase B (PfkB) family of sugar kinases.[1] Other members of this family (also known as the RK family) include adenosine kinase (AK), inosine-guanosine kinase, fructokinase, and 1-phosphofructokinase.[1][2][3] The members of the PfkB/RK family are identified by the presence of three conserved sequence motifs and the enzymatic activity of this family of protein generally shows a dependence on the presence of pentavalent ions.[1][2][4] The conserved NXXE motif, which is a distinctive property of the PfkB family of proteins, is involved in pentavalent ion dependency. The structures of RK and several other PfK family of proteins have been determined from a number of organisms.[5] Despite low sequence similarity between AdK and other PfkB family of proteins, these proteins are quite similar at structural levels.[1]

Structural studies

As of late 2007, 7 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 1GQT​, 1RK2​, 1RKA​, 1RKD​, 1RKS​, 1VM7​, and 2FV7​.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Adenosine kinase and ribokinase--the RK family of proteins". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 65 (18): 2875–96. September 2008. doi:10.1007/s00018-008-8123-1. PMID 18560757. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Convergent evolution of similar enzymatic function on different protein folds: the hexokinase, ribokinase, and galactokinase families of sugar kinases". Protein Science 2 (1): 31–40. January 1993. doi:10.1002/pro.5560020104. PMID 8382990. 
  3. "Cloning of human adenosine kinase cDNA: sequence similarity to microbial ribokinases and fructokinases". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 93 (3): 1232–7. February 1996. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.3.1232. PMID 8577746. Bibcode1996PNAS...93.1232S. 
  4. "Pentavalent ions dependency is a conserved property of adenosine kinase from diverse sources: identification of a novel motif implicated in phosphate and magnesium ion binding and substrate inhibition". Biochemistry 41 (12): 4059–69. March 2002. doi:10.1021/bi0119161. PMID 11900549. 
  5. "Structure of Escherichia coli ribokinase in complex with ribose and dinucleotide determined to 1.8 A resolution: insights into a new family of kinase structures". Structure 6 (2): 183–93. February 1998. doi:10.1016/s0969-2126(98)00020-3. PMID 9519409. 

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