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| Name       = 2-hydroxy-3-keto-5-methylthiopentenyl-1-phosphate phosphatase
| EC_number  = 3.1.3.87
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'''2-hydroxy-3-keto-5-methylthiopentenyl-1-phosphate phosphatase''' (EC 3.1.3.87, '''HK-MTPenyl-1-''P'' phosphatase, MtnX, YkrX''') is an [[Biology:Enzyme|enzyme]] with [[Biology:List of enzymes|systematic name]] '''2-hydroxy-5-(methylthio)-3-oxopent-1-enyl phosphate phosphohydrolase'''.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Myers RW, Wray JW, Fish S, Abeles RH | title = Purification and characterization of an enzyme involved in oxidative carbon-carbon bond cleavage reactions in the methionine salvage pathway of ''Klebsiella pneumoniae'' | journal = The Journal of Biological Chemistry | volume = 268 | issue = 33 | pages = 24785–91 | date = November 1993 | pmid = 8227039 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Ashida H, Saito Y, Kojima C, Kobayashi K, Ogasawara N, Yokota A | title = A functional link between RuBisCO-like protein of Bacillus and photosynthetic RuBisCO | journal = Science | volume = 302 | issue = 5643 | pages = 286–90 | date = October 2003 | pmid = 14551435 | doi = 10.1126/science.1086997 }}</ref> This enzyme [[Chemistry:Catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[Chemistry:Chemical reaction|chemical reaction]]

: 2-hydroxy-5-(methylthio)-3-oxopent-1-enyl phosphate + H<sub>2</sub>O <math>\rightleftharpoons</math><br>   1,2-dihydroxy-5-(methylthio)pent-1-en-3-one + [[Chemistry:Phosphate|phosphate]]

The enzyme participates in the [[Chemistry:Methionine|methionine]] salvage pathway in ''[[Biology:Bacillus subtilis|Bacillus subtilis]]''.

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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|2-hydroxy-3-keto-5-methylthiopentenyl-1-phosphate+phosphatase}}

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[[Category:EC 3.1.3]]

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