Mannitol kinase

Definition:

EC Tree > 2 Transferases > 2.7 Transferring phosphorus-containing groups > 2.7.1 Phosphotransferases with an alcohol group as acceptor > 2.7.1.57 mannitol kinase
Mannitol kinase is the polyol-utilization kinase. It phosphorylates D-mannitol on the 1-hydroxyl, releasing ADP and D-mannitol 1-phosphate, feeding mannitol oxidation to fructose-6-phosphate and bacterial mannitol fermentation.

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