In enzymology, an ascopyrone tautomerase ( EC 5.3.2.7) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

1,5-anhydro-4-deoxy-D-glycero-hex-3-en-2-ulose ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ 1,5-anhydro-4-deoxy-D-glycero-hex-1-en-3-ulose

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, 1,5-anhydro-4-deoxy-D-glycero-hex-3-en-2-ulose, and one product, 1,5-anhydro-4-deoxy-D-glycero-hex-1-en-3-ulose.

The enzyme is involved with the anhydrofructose pathway. ^[1]

This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those intramolecular oxidoreductases interconverting keto- and enol-groups. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 1,5-anhydro-4-deoxy-D-glycero-hex-3-en-2-ulose Delta3-Delta1-isomerase. Other names in common use include ascopyrone isomerase, ascopyrone intramolecular oxidoreductase, 1,5-anhydro-D-glycero-hex-3-en-2-ulose tautomerase, APM tautomerase, ascopyrone P tautomerase, and APTM.

See also

• Anhydrofructose pathway
• 1,5-anhydro-D-fructose dehydratase
• exo-(1→4)-α-D-glucan lyase

References

• Yu S, Refdahl C, Lundt I (2004). "Enzymatic description of the anhydrofructose pathway of glycogen degradation; I. Identification and purification of anhydrofructose dehydratase, ascopyrone tautomerase and alpha-1,4-glucan lyase in the fungus Anthracobia melaloma". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1672 (2): 120–9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2004.03.004. PMID  15110094.
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