KEGG   PATHWAY: map00053
Entry
map00053                    Pathway                                
Name
Ascorbate and aldarate metabolism
Class
Metabolism; Carbohydrate metabolism
Pathway map
map00053  Ascorbate and aldarate metabolism
map00053

Module
M00114  Ascorbate biosynthesis, plants, fructose-6P => ascorbate [PATH:map00053]
M00129  Ascorbate biosynthesis, animals, glucose-1P => ascorbate [PATH:map00053]
M00550  Ascorbate degradation, ascorbate => D-xylulose-5P [PATH:map00053]
M00994  UDP-GlcA biosynthesis, myo-inositol => GlcA => UDP-GlcA [PATH:map00053]
M00999  UDP-GlcA/GalA biosynthesis, UDP-Glc => UDP-GlcA => UDP-GalA [PATH:map00053]
Other DBs
GO: 0019852 0019577 0019572
Reference
PMID:17222174
  Authors
Linster CL, Van Schaftingen E
  Title
Vitamin C. Biosynthesis, recycling and degradation in mammals.
  Journal
FEBS J 274:1-22 (2007)
DOI:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05607.x
Reference
PMID:15564123
  Authors
Valpuesta V, Botella MA.
  Title
Biosynthesis of L-ascorbic acid in plants: new pathways for an old antioxidant.
  Journal
Trends Plant Sci 9:573-7 (2004)
DOI:10.1016/j.tplants.2004.10.002
Reference
PMID:10517845
  Authors
Davey MW, Gilot C, Persiau G, Ostergaard J, Han Y, Bauw GC, Van Montagu MC.
  Title
Ascorbate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis cell suspension culture.
  Journal
Plant Physiol 121:535-43 (1999)
DOI:10.1104/pp.121.2.535
Reference
PMID:16595667
  Authors
Conklin PL, Gatzek S, Wheeler GL, Dowdle J, Raymond MJ, Rolinski S, Isupov M, Littlechild JA, Smirnoff N.
  Title
Arabidopsis thaliana VTC4 encodes L-galactose-1-P phosphatase, a plant ascorbic acid biosynthetic enzyme.
  Journal
J Biol Chem 281:15662-70 (2006)
DOI:10.1074/jbc.M601409200
Reference
PMID:17462988
  Authors
Linster CL, Gomez TA, Christensen KC, Adler LN, Young BD, Brenner C, Clarke SG.
  Title
Arabidopsis VTC2 Encodes a GDP-L-Galactose Phosphorylase, the Last Unknown Enzyme in the Smirnoff-Wheeler Pathway to Ascorbic Acid in Plants.
  Journal
J Biol Chem 282:18879-85 (2007)
DOI:10.1074/jbc.M702094200
Reference
PMID:14996803
  Authors
Campos E, Baldoma L, Aguilar J, Badia J.
  Title
Regulation of expression of the divergent ulaG and ulaABCDEF operons involved in LaAscorbate dissimilation in Escherichia coli.
  Journal
J Bacteriol 186:1720-8 (2004)
DOI:10.1128/JB.186.6.1720-1728.2004
Reference
PMID:12644495
  Authors
Zhang Z, Aboulwafa M, Smith MH, Saier MH Jr.
  Title
The ascorbate transporter of Escherichia coli.
  Journal
J Bacteriol 185:2243-50 (2003)
DOI:10.1128/JB.185.7.2243-2250.2003
Related
pathway
map00020  Citrate cycle (TCA cycle)
map00040  Pentose and glucuronate interconversions
map00051  Fructose and mannose metabolism
map00520  Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism
map00630  Glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism
KO pathway
ko00053   

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