Acts on hydroxycyclohexanecarboxylates that have an equatorial carboxy group at C-1, an axial hydroxy group at C-3 and an equatorial hydroxy or carbonyl group at C-4, including (-)-quinate and (-)-shikimate.
A new nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide-dependent hydroaromatic dehydrogenase of Lactobacillus plantarum and its role in formation of (minus)t-3,t-4-dihydroxycyclohexane-c-1-carboxylate.