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RbsD / FucU transport protein family The Escherichia coli high-affinity ribose-transport system consists of six proteins encoded by the rbs operon (rbsD, rbsA, rbsC, rbsB, rbsK and rbsR). RbsD was originally thought to be a high affinity ribose transport protein, but further analysis shows that it is a D-ribose pyranase. It catalyzes the interconversion of beta-pyran and beta-furan forms of D-ribose. It also catalyzes the conversion between beta-allofuranose and beta-allopyranose. This family also includes FucU a component of the fucose operon and is a L-fucose mutarotase, involved in the anomeric conversion of L-fucose. It also exhibits a pyranase activity for D-ribose. Both have been classified in the RbsD/FucU family of proteins. Members of this family are ubiquitous having been found in organizms from eubacteria to mammals.
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