Fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase
In enzymology, a fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are D-fructose 6-phosphate and phosphate, whereas its 3 products are acetyl phosphate, D-erythrose 4-phosphate, and H2O.
This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the aldehyde-lyases, which cleave carbon-carbon bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is D-fructose-6-phosphate D-erythrose-4-phosphate-lyase . Other names in common use include D-fructose-6-phosphate D-erythrose-4-phosphate-lyase, and . This enzyme participates in pentose phosphate pathway.
