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EC 4.2.1.80 Details
EC number
4.2.1.80
Accepted name
2-oxopent-4-enoate hydratase
Reaction
(S)-4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoate = (2Z)-2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate + H2O
Other name(s)
2-keto-4-pentenoate hydratase, OEH, 2-keto-4-pentenoate (vinylpyruvate)hydratase, 4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoate hydro-lyase, 4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoate hydro-lyase (2-oxopent-4-enoate-forming), mhpD (gene name), ahdF (gene name), todG (gene name), cmtF (gene name), xylJ (gene name), cnbE (gene name)
Systematic name
(S)-4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoate hydro-lyase ((2Z)-2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate-forming)
CAS registry number
64427-80-1
Comment
The enzyme is involved in the catechol meta-cleavage pathway, a major mechanism for degradation of aromatic compounds. Also acts, more slowly, on cis-2-oxohex-4-enoate, but not on the trans-isomer. The enzyme was named when it was thought that the substrate is 2-oxopent-4-enoate. However, it was later found that the actual substrate is its tautomer (2Z)-2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate. In some organisms the enzyme forms a complex with EC 4.1.1.77, 2-oxo-3-hexenedioate decarboxylase (previously named 4-oxalocrotonate decarboxylase).
History
created 1984
EC Tree
4.2.1.13 created 1961, deleted 2001
4.2.1.14 created 1961, deleted 2001
4.2.1.15 created 1961, deleted 1972
4.2.1.16 created 1961, deleted 2001
4.2.1.21 created 1961, deleted 1964
4.2.1.23 created 1961, deleted 1972
4.2.1.26 created 1965, deleted 2002
4.2.1.29 created 1965, deleted 2004
4.2.1.37 created 1972, deleted 1992
4.2.1.38 created 1972, deleted 2001
4.2.1.63 created 1972, deleted 1978
4.2.1.64 created 1972, deleted 1978
4.2.1.71 created 1978, modified 1989, modified 2000, deleted 2004
4.2.1.72 created 1978, deleted 2000
4.2.1.86 created 1989, deleted 2004
4.2.1.102 created 2001, deleted 2001