Chemistry:Fuculose

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l-Fuculose
L-Fuculose furanose chemical structure.png
L-Fuculose chemical structure.png
Names
IUPAC name
6-Deoxy-l-tagatose
Systematic IUPAC name
(3R,4S,5S)-2-(Hydroxymethyl)-5-methyltetrahydrofuran-2,3,4-triol
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Properties
C6H12O5
Molar mass 164.16 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Fuculose or 6-deoxy-tagatose is a ketohexose deoxy sugar.[1][2] Fuculose is involved in the process of sugar metabolism.[3] l-Fuculose can be formed from l-fucose by l-fucose isomerase and converted to L-fuculose-1-phosphate by l-fuculose kinase.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lindhorst, Thisbe K. (2007). Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry (1 ed.). Wiley-VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-31528-4. 
  2. ↑ Robyt, John F. (1997). Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry (1st ed.). Springer. ISBN 0-387-94951-8. 
  3. ↑ "Efficient enzymatic synthesis of L-rhamnulose and L-fuculose". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 26 (3): 969–972. February 2016. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.12.051. PMID 26778148. 
  4. ↑ Iqbal, Muhammad Waheed (2021). "A review on selective l-fucose/d-arabinose isomerases for biocatalytic production of l-fuculose/d-ribulose". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 168: 558–571. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.12.021. PMID 33296692. 




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