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In enzymology, phosphoketolase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reactions D-xylulose 5-phosphate + phosphate ⇌ acetyl phosphate + D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate + H₂O (EC 4.1.2.9) D-fructose 6-phosphate + phosphate ⇌acetyl phosphate + D-erythrose 4-phosphate + H₂O (EC 4.1.2.22) D-sedoheptulose 7-phosphate + phosphate ⇌acetyl phosphate + D-ribose 5-phosphate + H₂O Phosphoketolase is considered a promiscuous enzyme as it was demonstrated to use 3 different sugar phosphates as substrates.