Entry
Name
galactarate dehydratase (D-threo-forming)
Class
Lyases;
Carbon-oxygen lyases;
Hydro-lyases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
galactarate hydro-lyase (3-deoxy-D-threo-hex-2-ulosarate-forming)
Reaction(IUBMB)
galactarate = (2S,3R)-2,3-dihydroxy-5-oxohexanedioate + H2O [RN:
R11077 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
Product
(2S,3R)-2,3-dihydroxy-5-oxohexanedioate [CPD:
C21091 ];
H2O [CPD:
C00001 ]
Comment
The enzyme has been characterized from the bacterium Oceanobacillus iheyensis. cf. EC
4.2.1.42 , galactarate dehydratase.
History
EC 4.2.1.158 created 2015
Orthology
K20022 galactarate dehydratase (D-threo-forming)
Genes
Taxonomy
Reference
Authors
Rakus JF, Kalyanaraman C, Fedorov AA, Fedorov EV, Mills-Groninger FP, Toro R, Bonanno J, Bain K, Sauder JM, Burley SK, Almo SC, Jacobson MP, Gerlt JA
Title
Computation-facilitated assignment of the function in the enolase superfamily: a regiochemically distinct galactarate dehydratase from Oceanobacillus iheyensis .
Journal
Sequence
Other DBs
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 4.2.1.158