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EC 4.2.1.140 Details
EC number
4.2.1.140
Accepted name
gluconate/galactonate dehydratase
Reaction
(1) D-gluconate = 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate + H2O;;(2) D-galactonate = 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-galactonate + H2O
Other name(s)
gluconate dehydratase (ambiguous), Sso3198 (gene name), Pto0485 (gene name)
Systematic name
D-gluconate/D-galactonate hydro-lyase
Comment
The enzyme is involved in glucose and galactose catabolism via the nonphosphorylative variant of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway in Picrophilus torridus [3] and via the branched variant of the Entner-Doudoroff pathway in Sulfolobus solfataricus [1,2]. In vitro it utilizes D-gluconate with 6-10 fold higher catalytic efficiency than D-galactonate [1,3]. It requires Mg2+ for activity [1,2]. cf. EC 4.2.1.6, galactonate dehydratase, and EC 4.2.1.39, gluconate dehydratase.
History
created 2013
EC Tree
1.3.1.23 created 1972, deleted 2005
1.3.1.50 created 1992, deleted 1999
1.3.1.55 created 1999, deleted 2004