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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sugar, HOCH2CH(OH)CH(OH)CHO, belonging to the group known as tetroses. It is closely related to erythrol.

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  • noun biochemistry the aldotetrose (2R,3R)-2,3,4-trihydroxybutanal

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  • To explore the molecular basis of the catalysis of erythrose reduction with NADPH, homology structural modeling was performed.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Dae-Hee Lee 2010

  • Erythrose reductase (ER) catalyzes the final step of erythritol production, which is reducing erythrose to erythritol using NAD (P) H as a cofactor.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Dae-Hee Lee 2010

  • Among various aldoses, the C. magnoliae JH110 ER showed high specific activity for reduction of erythrose to the corresponding alcohol, erythritol.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Dae-Hee Lee 2010

  • In vitro experiments show that threitol is synthesized from erythrose 4-phosphate, a C4 intermediate in the PPP.

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Walters, K. R., Pan, Q., Serianni, A. S., Duman, J 2009

  • a significant amount of erythritol, suggesting the presence of erythrose metabolizing enzymes.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Dae-Hee Lee 2010

  • C {1H} NMR, proton-decoupled carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy • E4P, erythrose 4-phosphate • Eu4P, erythrulose 4-phosphate • DHAP, [1 -

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Walters, K. R., Pan, Q., Serianni, A. S., Duman, J 2009

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