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  2. Xylose isomerase - Wikipedia

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    Xylose isomerase has a structure that is based on eight alpha/beta barrels that create an active site holding two divalent magnesium ions. Xylose isomerase enzymes exhibit a TIM barrel fold with the active site in the centre of the barrel and a tetrameric quaternary structure. [15] PDB structures are available in the links in the infobox to the ...

  3. Xylose metabolism - Wikipedia

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    In this pathway the enzyme xylose isomerase converts D-xylose directly into D-xylulose. D-xylulose is then phosphorylated to D-xylulose-5-phosphate as in the oxido-reductase pathway. At equilibrium, the isomerase reaction results in a mixture of 83% D-xylose and 17% D-xylulose because the conversion of xylose to xylulose is energetically ...

  4. Isomerase - Wikipedia

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    Glucose isomerase (also known as xylose isomerase) catalyzes the conversion of D-xylose and D-glucose to D-xylulose and D-fructose. Like most sugar isomerases, glucose isomerase catalyzes the interconversion of aldoses and ketoses. [24] The conversion of glucose to fructose is a key component of high-fructose corn syrup production.

  5. Fructose malabsorption - Wikipedia

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    Xylose isomerase acts to convert fructose sugars into glucose. Dietary supplements of xylose isomerase may improve some symptoms of fructose malabsorption, although there is currently only a single scientific study available.

  6. D-lyxose ketol-isomerase - Wikipedia

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    In enzymology, a D-lyxose ketol-isomerase (EC 5.3.1.15) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction D-lyxose ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } D-xylulose Hence, this enzyme has one substrate , D-lyxose , and one product , D-xylulose .

  7. Xylanase - Wikipedia

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    Endo-1,4-β-xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8, systematic name 4-β-D-xylan xylanohydrolase) is any of a class of enzymes that degrade the linear polysaccharide xylan into xylose, [1] thus breaking down hemicellulose, one of the major components of plant cell walls: Endohydrolysis of (1→4)-β-D-xylosidic linkages in xylans

  8. Xylose - Wikipedia

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    Xylose (cf. Ancient Greek: ξύλον, xylon, "wood") is a sugar first isolated from wood, and named for it. Xylose is classified as a monosaccharide of the aldopentose type, which means that it contains five carbon atoms and includes an aldehyde functional group .

  9. High-fructose corn syrup - Wikipedia

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    That purified solution is then run over immobilized xylose isomerase, which turns the sugars to ~50–52% glucose with some unconverted oligosaccharides and 42% fructose (HFCS 42), and again demineralized and again purified using activated carbon. Some is processed into HFCS 90 by liquid chromatography, and then mixed with HFCS 42 to form HFCS 55.