title: One-substrate transketolase-catalyzed reaction.
abstract: Apart from catalyzing the common two-substrate reaction with ketose as donor substrate and aldose as acceptor substrate, transketolase is also able to catalyze a one-substrate reaction utilizing only ketose (xylulose 5-phosphate) as substrate. The products of this one-substrate reaction were glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and erythrulose. No free glycolaldehyde (a product of xylulose 5-phosphate splitting in the transketolase reaction) was revealed.
authors.affiliation: A. N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Bykova
authors.forename: O N
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Solovjeva
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Meshalkina
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Kovina
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Kochetov
mesh_terms: D002942:Circular Dichroism; D005986:Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007700:Kinetics; D010428:Pentosephosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000201:enzymology; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013780:Tetroses / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014174:Transketolase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010428:Pentosephosphates; D013780:Tetroses; D005986:Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate; C100073:erythrulose; C031625:xylulose-5-phosphate; D014174:Transketolase