Biology:Oxaloacetate tautomerase

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Short description: Enzyme
oxaloacetate tautomerase
Identifiers
EC number5.3.2.2
CAS number37318-45-9
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
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Gene OntologyAmiGO / QuickGO

In enzymology, an oxaloacetate tautomerase (EC 5.3.2.2) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

keto-oxaloacetate [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] enol-oxaloacetate

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, keto-oxaloacetate, and one product, enol-oxaloacetate.

This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those intramolecular oxidoreductases interconverting keto- and enol-groups. The systematic name of this enzyme class is oxaloacetate keto---enol-isomerase. This enzyme is also called oxaloacetic keto-enol isomerase.

While oxaloacetate tautomerase was characterized in several papers in the 1960s and 1970s, this activity has not been correlated with any gene identified in the genome of higher organisms.

References

  • "Oxalacetate keto-enol tautomerase. Purification and characterization". J. Biol. Chem. 244 (8): 2059–67. 1969. PMID 5781999.