| Entry |
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| Name |
Ascorbate and aldarate metabolism
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| Class |
Metabolism; Carbohydrate metabolism
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| Pathway map |
| Ascorbate and aldarate metabolism |

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| Module |
| Ascorbate biosynthesis, plants, glucose-6P => ascorbate [PATH: map00053] | | Ascorbate biosynthesis, animals, glucose-1P => ascorbate [PATH: map00053] | | PTS system, ascorbate-specific II component [PATH: map00053] | | Ascorbate degradation, ascorbate => D-xylulose-5P [PATH: map00053] |
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| Other DBs |
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| Reference |
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| Authors |
Linster CL, Van Schaftingen E. |
| Title |
Vitamin C. Biosynthesis, recycling and degradation in mammals. |
| Journal |
FEBS J 274:1-22 (2007) |
| Reference |
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| 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) |
| Reference |
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| 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) |
| Reference |
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| 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) |
| Reference |
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| 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) |
| Reference |
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| 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) |
| Reference |
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| Authors |
Zhang Z, Aboulwafa M, Smith MH, Saier MH Jr. |
| Title |
The ascorbate transporter of Escherichia coli. |
| Journal |
J Bacteriol 185:2243-50 (2003) |
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