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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
ChEBI	CHEBI:17617
ChemSpider	9621375
KEGG	C01721
PubChem CID	6857362
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID30926880
InChI InChI=1S/C6H12O5/c1-3(8)5(10)6(11)4(9)2-7/h3,5-8,10-11H,2H2,1H3/t3-,5+,6-/m0/s1Key: QZNPNKJXABGCRC-LFRDXLMFSA-N
SMILES O1(O)C(O)(CO)O1C
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 , 100 kPa). Y verify (what is  ?) Infobox references

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

See also

• l-fuculose-phosphate aldolase
• l-fuculosekinase

References

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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