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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = D-arabitol-phosphate dehydrogenase
| EC_number = 1.1.1.301
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| IUBMB_EC_number = 1/1/1/301
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'''D-arabitol-phosphate dehydrogenase''' ({{EC number|1.1.1.301}}, ''APDH'', ''D-arabitol 1-phosphate dehydrogenase'', ''D-arabitol 5-phosphate dehydrogenase'') is an [[enzyme]] with system name ''D-arabitol-phosphate:NAD<sup>+</sup> oxidoreductase''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = Biochemical and genetic characterization of a novel enzyme of pentitol metabolism: <small>D</small>-arabitol-phosphate dehydrogenase |author = Povelainen, M., Eneyskaya, E. V., Kulminskaya, A. A., Ivanen, D. R., Kalkkinen, N., Neustroev, K. N. and Miasnikov, A. N. |journal = Biochem. J. |year = 2003 |volume = 371 |pages = 191–197 |pmid = 12467497 |doi=10.1042/BJ20021096 |issue=Pt 1 |pmc=1223252}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: D-arabitol 1-phosphate + NAD<sup>+</sup> <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> D-xylulose 5-phosphate + NADH + H<sup>+</sup>

This enzyme participates in [[arabitol]] [[catabolism]]. The enzyme also converts D-arabitol 5-phosphate to D-ribulose 5-phosphate at a lower rate.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|D-arabitol-phosphate+dehydrogenase}}

[[Category:EC 1.1.1]]