Type: | Family | Name: | Carbohydrate kinase, FGGY-related |
Description: | The enzymes for catabolism of the pentitols D-arabinitol and ribitol include NAD-dependent pentose dehydrogenase (dalD and rbtD), ATP-dependent pentulose kinases (dalK and rbtK) and a pentose-specific ion symporter (dalT and rbtT). Of the two kinases (19.3% identity), DalK (487 aa) belongs to the family of short D-xylulokinases and RbtK (D-ribulokinase; 535 aa) to the family of long kinases []. | Short Name: | Carb_kinase_FGGY-rel |