ID 4.1.2.43 DE 3-hexulose-6-phosphate synthase. AN 3-hexulosephosphate synthase. AN 3-hexulose phosphate synthase. AN D-arabino-3-hexulose 6-phosphate formaldehyde-lyase. AN HPS. CA D-ribulose 5-phosphate + formaldehyde = D-arabino-hex-3-ulose CA 6-phosphate. CC -!- Specific for formaldehyde and D-ribulose 5-phosphate as substrates. CC -!- Ribose 5-phosphate, xylulose 5-phosphate, allulose 6-phosphate and CC fructose 6-phosphate cannot act as substrate. CC -!- This enzyme, along with EC 5.3.1.27, plays a key role in the CC ribulose-monophosphate cycle of formaldehyde fixation, which is CC present in many microorganisms that are capable of utilizing CC C1-compounds. CC -!- The hyperthermophilic and anaerobic archaeon Pyrococcus horikoshii CC OT3 constitutively produces a bifunctional enzyme that sequentially CC catalyzes the reactions of this enzyme and EC 5.3.1.27. DR O28964, FAEHP_ARCFU; Q8THA9, FAEHP_METAC; Q0W644, FAEHP_METAR; DR A7I6C9, FAEHP_METB6; Q46DY5, FAEHP_METBF; Q12UK3, FAEHP_METBU; DR Q2FQ74, FAEHP_METHJ; Q58842, FAEHP_METJA; Q8PXE1, FAEHP_METMA; DR A3CUG8, FAEHP_METMJ; B8GGX9, FAEHP_METPE; Q2NE86, FAEHP_METST; DR O27518, FAEHP_METTH; A0B7U9, FAEHP_METTP; Q49WT7, HPS1_STAS1 ; DR Q49WT0, HPS2_STAS1 ; Q49VB7, HPS3_STAS1 ; P42405, HPS_BACSU ; DR Q48907, HPS_METAM ; Q46DA4, HPS_METBF ; Q9LBW4, HPS_MYCGS ; DR Q2FJ70, HPS_STAA3 ; Q2G0K7, HPS_STAA8 ; Q2YS94, HPS_STAAB ; DR Q5HIA5, HPS_STAAC ; Q99W39, HPS_STAAM ; Q7A774, HPS_STAAN ; DR Q6GJ99, HPS_STAAR ; Q6GBR7, HPS_STAAS ; Q8NXX1, HPS_STAAW ; DR Q5HRH7, HPS_STAEQ ; Q8CQ69, HPS_STAES ; Q4L3P8, HPS_STAHJ ; //