Metabolism of Inulin via Difructose Anhydride I Pathway in Microbacterium flavum

Q Li, Z Wang, M Zhu, W Zhao, S Yu - Journal of Agricultural and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Difructose anhydride I (DFA-I) can be produced from inulin, with DFA-I-forming inulin
fructotransferase (IFTase-I). However, the metabolism of inulin through DFA-I remains …

[HTML][HTML] Conformational flexibility of human ribokinase captured in seven crystal structures

NN Akanmori, MS Junop, RS Gupta, J Park - International Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract d-ribose is a critical sugar substrate involved in the biosynthesis of nucleotides,
amino acids, and cofactors, with its phosphorylation to ribose-5-phosphate by ribokinase …

Unraveling structural insights of ribokinase from Leishmania donovani

S Gatreddi, V Pillalamarri, D Vasudevan… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ribokinase (RK) is an ATP dependent sugar kinase that enables the entry of ribose in the
metabolism. Leishmania accumulates ribose into the cytosol through hydrolysis of …

[HTML][HTML] Structure of the multi-subunit chloroplast RNA polymerase

PFV do Prado, FM Ahrens, M Liebers, N Ditz, HP Braun… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Chloroplasts contain a dedicated genome that encodes subunits of the photosynthesis
machinery. Transcription of photosynthesis genes is predominantly carried out by a plastid …

Structural analysis and functional study of phosphofructokinase B (PfkB) from Mycobacterium marinum

B Gao, R Ji, Z Li, X Su, H Li, Y Sun, C Ji, J Gan… - Biochemical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Phosphofructokinase B (PfkB) belongs to the ribokinase family, which uses the
phosphorylated sugar as substrate, and catalyzes fructose-6-phosphate into fructose-1, 6 …

The plastid-encoded RNA polymerase structures a logistic chain for light-induced photosynthesis

FX Gillet, G Effantin, GL Freiherr von Scholley… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The chloroplast is the semi-autonomous organelle of eukaryotes that performs
photosynthesis. In higher plants, chloroplast biogenesis depends on a tight transcriptional …