Gulose Explained

Gulose is an aldohexose sugar. It is a monosaccharide that is very rare in nature, but has been found in archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes.^[1] It also exists as a syrup with a sweet taste. It is soluble in water and slightly soluble in methanol. Neither the - nor -forms are fermentable by yeast.

D-Gulose is a C-3 epimer of D-galactose and a C-5 epimer of L-mannose.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Swain, M., Brisson, J. R., Sprott, G. D., Cooper, F. P. and Patel, G. B. . Identification of β-L-gulose as the sugar moiety of the main polar lipid Thermoplasma acidophilum . Biochim. Biophys. Acta . 1345 . 1 . 56–64 . 1997 . 9084501 . 10.1016/s0005-2760(96)00163-4.
2. Zhang, Qingju . etal . On the Reactivity of Gulose and Guluronic Acid Building Blocks in the Context of Alginate Assembly . European Journal of Organic Chemistry . 2016 . 2016 . 14 . 2393–2397 . 10.1002/ejoc.201600336.