Fuculose information

l-Fuculose
Names
	IUPAC name 6-Deoxy-l-tagatose
	Systematic IUPAC name (3R,4S,5S)-2-(Hydroxymethyl)-5-methyltetrahydrofuran-2,3,4-triol
Identifiers
CAS Number	13074-08-3 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
PubChem CID	6857362;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID30926880 ;
	SMILES O[C@H]1[C@@H](O)C(O)(CO)O[C@H]1C;
Properties
Chemical formula	C6H12O5
Molar mass	164.16 g/mol
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Fuculose or 6-deoxy-tagatose is a ketohexose deoxy sugar.^[1]^[2] Fuculose is involved in the process of sugar metabolism.^[3] l-Fuculose can be formed from l-fucose by l-fucose isomerase and converted to L-fuculose-1-phosphate by l-fuculose kinase.^[4]

^ Lindhorst TK (2007). Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry (1 ed.). Wiley-VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-31528-4.
^ Robyt JF (1997). Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry (1st ed.). Springer. ISBN 0-387-94951-8.
^ Wen L, Zang L, Huang K, Li S, Wang R, Wang PG (February 2016). "Efficient enzymatic synthesis of L-rhamnulose and L-fuculose". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 26 (3): 969–972. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.12.051. PMC 5984655. PMID 26778148.
^ Iqbal, Muhammad Waheed; et al. (2021). "A review on selective l-fucose/d-arabinose isomerases for biocatalytic production of l-fuculose/d-ribulose". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 168: 558–571. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.12.021. PMID 33296692. S2CID 228088451.

[1] Lindhorst TK (2007). Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biochemistry (1 ed.). Wiley-VCH. ISBN 978-3-527-31528-4.

[2] Robyt JF (1997). Essentials of Carbohydrate Chemistry (1st ed.). Springer. ISBN 0-387-94951-8.

[3] Wen L, Zang L, Huang K, Li S, Wang R, Wang PG (February 2016). "Efficient enzymatic synthesis of L-rhamnulose and L-fuculose". Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 26 (3): 969–972. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.12.051. PMC 5984655. PMID 26778148.

[4] Iqbal, Muhammad Waheed; et al. (2021). "A review on selective l-fucose/d-arabinose isomerases for biocatalytic production of l-fuculose/d-ribulose". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 168: 558–571. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.12.021. PMID 33296692. S2CID 228088451.

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Fuculose

Deoxy sugar

Hexose

C6H12O5

Carbohydrate

Sugar

List of sugars

Isomaltooligosaccharide

Fructooligosaccharide

Xanthan gum

Polysaccharide

Reducing sugar

Glycosidic bond

Lactose

Glucan

Fructose

Cellulose

Psicose

Glucose

Maltodextrin

Inulin

Dextrin

Pectin

Oligosaccharide

Sucrose

Dietary fiber