Reaction: 3-dehydroquinate = 3-dehydroshikimate + H2O
For diagram click here and mechanism here.
Glossary: quinate = (1R,3R,4R,5R)-1,3,4,5-tetrahydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic acid and is a cyclitol carboxylate
The numbering system used for the 3-dehydroquinate is that of the recommendations on cyclitols, sections I-8 and I-9: and is shown in the reaction diagram. The use of the term '5-dehydroquinate' for this compound is based on an earlier system of numbering.
Other name(s): 3-dehydroquinate hydrolase; DHQase; dehydroquinate dehydratase; 3-dehydroquinase; 5-dehydroquinase; dehydroquinase; 5-dehydroquinate dehydratase; 5-dehydroquinate hydro-lyase; 3-dehydroquinate hydro-lyase
Systematic name: 3-dehydroquinate hydro-lyase (3-dehydroshikimate-forming)
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9012-66-2
References:
1. Mitsuhashi, S. and Davis, B.D. Aromatic biosynthesis. XII. Conversion of 5-dehydroquinic acid to 5-dehydroshikimic acid by 5-dehydroquinase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 15 (1954) 54-61. [PMID: 13198937]
2. Mitsuhashi, S. and Davis, B.D. Aromatic biosynthesis. XII. Conversion of quinic acid to 5-dehydroquinic acid by quinic dehydrogenase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 15 (1954) 268-280. [PMID: 13208693]