IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.1.163

Accepted name: 2-oxo-hept-4-ene-1,7-dioate hydratase

Reaction: (4Z)-2-oxohept-4-enedioate + H2O = (4S)-4-hydroxy-2-oxoheptanedioate

Other name(s): HpcG

Systematic name: (4S)-4-hydroxy-2-oxoheptanedioate hydro-lyase [(4Z)-2-oxohept-4-enedioate-forming]

Comments: Requires Mg2+ [2]. Part of a 4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation pathway in Escherichia coli C.

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References:

1. Burks, E.A., Johnson, W.H., Jr. and Whitman, C.P. Stereochemical and isotopic labeling studies of 2-oxo-hept-4-ene-1,7-dioate hydratase: evidence for an enzyme-catalyzed ketonization step in the hydration reaction. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 120 (1998) 7665-7675.

2. Izumi, A., Rea, D., Adachi, T., Unzai, S., Park, S.Y., Roper, D.I. and Tame, J.R. Structure and mechanism of HpcG, a hydratase in the homoprotocatechuate degradation pathway of Escherichia coli, J. Mol. Biol. 370 (2007) 899-911. [PMID: 17559873]

[EC 4.2.1.163 created 2016]


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