epimerization at carbons 3 and 5 of the hexose moiety of dtdp-4-keto-6-deoxy-d-glucose is followed by stereospecific reduction with reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate to yield dtdp-6-deoxy-l-talose and dtdp-6-deoxy-l-mannose .
C0019494
hexose
C0024742
mannose