Properties
                                        
                            Description
                            Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase from Escherichia coli is a crucial housekeeping enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of glucose-6-phosphate to fructose-6-phosphate.
                         
                                                                            
                            Molecular Weight
                            62.6 kDa
                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                            Unit Definition
                            One unit of phosphoglucose isomerase activity is the amount of enzyme required to convert one µmole of D-fructose 6-phosphate to D-glucose 6-phosphate per min at pH 7.6.
                         
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
                            Applications
                            Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase from Escherichia coli is applied to assays sugar and is a molecular messenger.