Biology:2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate hydratase

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2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate hydratase
Identifiers
EC number4.2.1.132
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2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate hydratase (EC 4.2.1.132, tesE (gene), hsaE (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name 4-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoate hydro-lyase ((2Z,4Z)-2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate-forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

4-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoate [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] (2Z,4Z)-2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate + H2O

This enzyme catalyses a late step in the bacterial steroid degradation pathway.

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