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== Function ==

'''Transketolase''' (TKT) catalyzes two opposite reactions. The synthesis of sedoheptulose-7-P in the pentose phosphate pathway using thiamine diphosphate (TPP) as co-factor; and the conversion of sedoheptulose-7-P and glyceraldehyde-3-P to aldose and ketose in the Calvin cycle<ref>PMID:8369276</ref>. '''Split-gene TKT''' is found in the hyperthermophilic bacterium ''Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans'' and is reconstituted from 2 separate polypeptide chains<ref>PMID:33193259</ref>.

'''Transketolase''' (TKT) catalyzes two opposite reactions. The synthesis of sedoheptulose-7-P in the pentose phosphate pathway using thiamine diphosphate (TPP) as co-factor; and the conversion of sedoheptulose-7-P and glyceraldehyde-3-P to aldose and ketose in the [[Calvin cycle]]<ref>PMID:8369276</ref>. '''Split-gene TKT''' is found in the hyperthermophilic bacterium ''Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans'' and is reconstituted from 2 separate polypeptide chains<ref>PMID:33193259</ref>.

== Structural highlights ==

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 <StructureSection load='' size='350' side='right' caption='E. coli transketolase 1 dimer complex with xylulose-5-phosphate-thiamine diphosphate adduct, ethylene glycol and Ca+2 ion (green)  (PDB code [[2r8o]]).' scene='46/466534/Cv/1'>
 == Function ==
-'''Transketolase''' (TKT) catalyzes two opposite reactions.  The synthesis of sedoheptulose-7-P in the pentose phosphate pathway using thiamine diphosphate (TPP) as co-factor; and the conversion of sedoheptulose-7-P and glyceraldehyde-3-P to aldose and ketose in the Calvin cycle<ref>PMID:8369276</ref>.  '''Split-gene TKT''' is found in the hyperthermophilic bacterium ''Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans'' and is reconstituted from 2 separate polypeptide chains<ref>PMID:33193259</ref>.
+'''Transketolase''' (TKT) catalyzes two opposite reactions. The synthesis of sedoheptulose-7-P in the pentose phosphate pathway using thiamine diphosphate (TPP) as co-factor; and the conversion of sedoheptulose-7-P and glyceraldehyde-3-P to aldose and ketose in the [[Calvin cycle]]<ref>PMID:8369276</ref>. '''Split-gene TKT''' is found in the hyperthermophilic bacterium ''Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans'' and is reconstituted from 2 separate polypeptide chains<ref>PMID:33193259</ref>.
 == Structural highlights ==