L-Fucitol is a reduced form of L-(–)-fucose . It has been used to determine the structure of E. coli and B. pallidus L-fucose isomerase.1,2
1.Seemann, J.E., and Schulz, G.E.Structure and mechanism of L-fucose isomerase from Escherichia coliJ. Mol. Biol.273(1)256-268(1997) 2.Takeda, K., Yoshida, H., Izumori, K., et al.X-ray structures of Bacillus pallidus D-arabinose isomerase and its complex with L-fucitolBiochim. Biophys. Acta1804(6)1359-1368(2010)
















