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L-Ribulose

≥90% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

L-Adonose, L-erythro-2-Pentulose

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H10O5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
150.13
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.28

Quality Level

Assay

≥90% (HPLC)

form

liquid

optical activity

[α]/D +14.5±3.0°, c = 0.1 in H2O

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

OC[C@H](O)[C@H](O)C(=O)CO

InChI

1S/C5H10O5/c6-1-3(8)5(10)4(9)2-7/h3,5-8,10H,1-2H2/t3-,5-/m0/s1

InChI key

ZAQJHHRNXZUBTE-UCORVYFPSA-N

Application

L-Ribulose has been used as a substrate in L-arabinose isomerase activity assay and in ribulokinase activity assay.

Biochem/physiol Actions

L-Ribulose is produced from L-ribose by microbial enzymes. L-Ribulose is a rare sugar and a precursor for antiviral drugs synthesis. Major industrial production of L-ribulose is by the use of L-arabinose isomerase enzyme.

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Other Notes

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Production of L-ribose from L-ribulose by a triple-site variant of mannose-6-phosphate isomerase from Geobacillus thermodenitrificans
Lim YR, et al.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, AEM-07012 (2012)
Thomas W Jeffries
Current opinion in biotechnology, 17(3), 320-326 (2006-05-23)
Technologies for the production of alternative fuels are receiving increased attention owing to concerns over the rising cost of petrol and global warming. One such technology under development is the use of yeasts for the commercial fermentation of xylose to
L-Ribulose: a novel chiral pool compound.
Vanhessche, K., et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 31, 2337-2340 (1990)
Ribulokinase and transcriptional regulation of arabinose metabolism in Clostridium acetobutylicum
Zhang L, et al.
Journal of Bacteriology, 194(5), 1055-1064 (2012)
Kenji Morimoto et al.
Journal of bioscience and bioengineering, 115(4), 377-381 (2012-12-05)
A newly isolated bacterium, Cellulomonas parahominis MB426, produced l-ribose isomerase (CeLRI) on a medium containing l-ribose as a sole carbon source. A 32 kDa protein isomerizing l-ribose to l-ribulose was purified to homogeneity from this bacterium. A set of degenerated

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