ENTRY       EC 1.1.1.16
NAME        Galactitol 2-dehydrogenase
CLASS       Oxidoreductases
            Acting on the CH-OH group of donors
            With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
SYSNAME     Galactitol:NAD+ 2-oxidoreductase
REACTION    Galactitol + NAD+ = D-Tagatose + NADH
SUBSTRATE   Galactitol
            NAD+
PRODUCT     D-Tagatose
            NADH
COMMENT     Also converts other alditols containing an L-threo-configuration
            adjacent to a primary alcohol group into the corresponding sugars.
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 1.1.1.16
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 1.1.1.16
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