Main Reaction: Ribose 5-phosphate >> Phosphoribosyl diphosphate (PRPP)

Reference: PubMed ID: 8576032
Authors: Sørensen KI, Hove-Jensen B
Title: Ribose catabolism of Escherichia coli: characterization of the rpiB gene encoding ribose phosphate isomerase B and of the rpiR gene, which is involved in regulation of rpiB expression.
Published: 1996 Feb

Ribose 5-phosphate --> Phosphoribosyl diphosphate (PRPP)