Description
Product Characteristics: For quantitative detection of Rbks in serum, plasma, tissue homogenates.
Target Information: The ribokinase encoded by this gene belongs to the pfkB family of carbohydrate kinases. It phosphorylates ribose to form ribose-5-phosphate in the presence of ATP and magnesium as a first step in ribose metabolism. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]