IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.3.3.10

Accepted name: hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA synthase

Reaction: acetyl-CoA + H2O + acetoacetyl-CoA = (S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA + CoA

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Other name(s): (S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA acetoacetyl-CoA-lyase (CoA-acetylating); 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA synthetase; 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase; 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A synthetase; 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase; 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A synthase; β-hydroxy-β-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase; HMG-CoA synthase; acetoacetyl coenzyme A transacetase; hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A synthase; hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme A-condensing enzyme

Systematic name: acetyl-CoA:acetoacetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase (thioester-hydrolysing, carboxymethyl-forming)

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9027-44-5

References:

1. Rudney, H. The biosynthesis of β-hydroxy-β-methylglutaric acid. J. Biol. Chem. 227 (1957) 363-377.

[EC 2.3.3.10 created 1961 as EC 4.1.3.5, transferred 2002 to EC 2.3.3.10]


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