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2 hydroxyhexa 2,4 dienoate hydratase

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EC number
  
4.2.1.132

BRENDA
  
BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

IntEnz
  
IntEnz view

ExPASy
  
NiceZyme view

MetaCyc
  
metabolic pathway

2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate hydratase (EC 4.2.1.132, tesE (gene), hsaE (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name 4-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoate hydro-lyase ((2Z,4Z)-2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

4-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoate (2Z,4Z)-2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate + H2O

This enzyme catalyses a late step in the bacterial steroid degradation pathway.

References

2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate hydratase Wikipedia