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EC 3.3.2.3 Details

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EC number

3.3.2.3

Accepted name

epoxide hydrolase

Reaction

an epoxide + H₂O = a glycol

Other name(s)

epoxide hydratase, arene-oxide hydratase, benzo[a]pyrene-4,5-oxide hydratase, benzo(a)pyrene-4,5-epoxide hydratase, aryl epoxide hydrase, cis-epoxide hydrolase, trans-stilbene oxide hydrolase, xenobiotic epoxide hydrolase

Systematic name

epoxide hydrolase

CAS registry number

9048-63-9

Comment

Acts on a variety of epoxides and arene oxides. Formerly EC 4.2.1.63 and EC 4.2.1.64.

History

created 1978, modified 1999, deleted 2006

EC Tree

1 Oxidoreductases

2 Transferases

3 Hydrolases

3.1 Acting on ester bonds

3.2 Glycosylases

3.3 Acting on ether bonds

3.3.1 Thioether and trialkylsulfonium hydrolases (deleted sub-subclass)

3.3.2 Ether hydrolases

3.3.2.1 isochorismatase

3.3.2.2 lysoplasmalogenase

3.3.2.3 epoxide hydrolase

3.3.2.4 trans-epoxysuccinate hydrolase

3.3.2.5 alkenylglycerophosphoethanolamine hydrolase

3.3.2.6 leukotriene-A₄ hydrolase

3.3.2.7 hepoxilin-epoxide hydrolase

3.3.2.8 limonene-1,2-epoxide hydrolase

3.3.2.9 microsomal epoxide hydrolase

3.3.2.10 soluble epoxide hydrolase

3.3.2.11 cholesterol-5,6-oxide hydrolase

3.3.2.12 oxepin-CoA hydrolase

3.3.2.13 chorismatase

3.3.2.14 2,4-dinitroanisole O-demethylase

3.3.2.15 trans-2,3-dihydro-3-hydroxyanthranilic acid synthase

3.4 Acting on peptide bonds (peptidases)

3.5 Acting on carbon-nitrogen bonds, other than peptide bonds

3.6 Acting on acid anhydrides

3.7 Acting on carbon-carbon bonds

3.8 Acting on halide bonds

3.9 Acting on phosphorus-nitrogen bonds

3.10 Acting on sulfur-nitrogen bonds

3.11 Acting on carbon-phosphorus bonds

3.12 Acting on sulfur-sulfur bonds

3.13 Acting on carbon-sulfur bonds

3.13.1 Acting on carbon-sulfur bonds

3.13.2 Thioether and trialkylsulfonium hydrolases