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EC 4.2.1.117 Details
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4.2.1.117
Accepted name
2-methylcitrate dehydratase (2-methyl-trans-aconitate forming)
Reaction
(2S,3S)-2-methylcitrate = 2-methyl-trans-aconitate + H2O
Systematic name
(2S,3S)-2-hydroxybutane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate hydro-lyase (2-methyl-trans-aconitate-forming)
Comment
Catalyses the dehydration of (2S,3S)-2-methylcitrate, forming the trans isomer of 2-methyl-aconitate (unlike EC 4.2.1.79, which forms only the cis isomer). Part of a propionate degradation pathway. The enzyme from Shewanella oneidensis can also accept citrate and cis-aconitate, but activity with (2S,3S)-2-methylcitrate was approximately 2.5-fold higher. 2-methylisocitrate and isocitrate were not substrates [1]. An iron-sulfur protein.
History
created 2009
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1 Oxidoreductases
1.1 Acting on the CH-OH group of donors
1.6.4.1 created 1961, deleted 2002 1.6.4.2 created 1961, modified 1989, deleted 2002 1.6.4.3 created 1961, modified 1976, deleted 1983 1.6.4.4 created 1965, deleted 2002 1.6.4.5 created 1972, deleted 2002 1.6.4.6 created 1972, deleted 2002 1.6.4.7 created 1978, deleted 2002 1.6.4.8 created 1989, deleted 2002 1.6.4.9 created 1992, deleted 2002 1.6.4.10 created 1992, deleted 2002
