Reaction: isocitrate = succinate + glyoxylate
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Glossary: isocitrate = (1R,2S)-1-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate (previously known as threo-Ds-isocitrate)
Other name(s): isocitrase; isocitritase; isocitratase; threo-Ds-isocitrate glyoxylate-lyase; isocitrate glyoxylate-lyase
Systematic name: isocitrate glyoxylate-lyase (succinate-forming)
Comments: The isomer of isocitrate involved is (1R,2S)-1-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate [3].
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9045-78-7
References:
1. McFadden, B.A. and Howes, W.V. Crystallisation and some properties of isocitrate lyase from Pseudomonas indigofera. J. Biol. Chem. 238 (1963) 1737-1742.
2. Shiio, I, Shiio, T. and McFadden, B.A. Isocitrate lyase from Pseudomonas indigofera. I. Preparation, amino acid composition and molecular weight. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 96 (1965) 114-122.
3. Vickery, H.B. A suggested new nomenclature for the isomers of isocitric acid. J. Biol. Chem. 237 (1962) 1739-1741.