Fuculose Explained

Fuculose or 6-deoxy-tagatose is a ketohexose deoxy sugar.^{[1] [2]} Fuculose is involved in the process of sugar metabolism.^[3] -Fuculose can be formed from -fucose by -fucose isomerase and converted to L-fuculose-1-phosphate by -fuculose kinase.^[4]

See also

• -fuculose-phosphate aldolase
• -fuculosekinase

Notes and References

1. Book: Lindhorst, Thisbe K. . Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry . vanc . Wiley-VCH . 1 . 2007 . 978-3-527-31528-4.
2. Book: Robyt, John F. . Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry . Springer . vanc . 1st . 1997 . 0-387-94951-8.
3. Wen L, Zang L, Huang K, Li S, Wang R, Wang PG . Efficient enzymatic synthesis of L-rhamnulose and L-fuculose . Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters . 26 . 3 . 969–972 . February 2016 . 26778148 . 5984655 . 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.12.051 .
4. Iqbal . Muhammad Waheed . etal . A review on selective l-fucose/d-arabinose isomerases for biocatalytic production of l-fuculose/d-ribulose . International Journal of Biological Macromolecules . 168 . 2021 . 558–571 . 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.12.021 . 33296692. 228088451 .