IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.1.18

Accepted name: methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase

Reaction: (S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA = trans-3-methylglutaconyl-CoA + H2O

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Other name(s): methylglutaconyl coenzyme A hydratase; 3-methylglutaconyl CoA hydratase; methylglutaconase; (S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA hydro-lyase

Systematic name: (S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA hydro-lyase (trans-3-methylglutaconyl-CoA-forming)

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9024-24-2

References:

1. Hilz, H., Knappe, J., Ringelmann, E. and Lynen, F. Methylglutaconase, eine neue Hydratase, die am Stoffwechsel verzweigter Carbonsäuren beteiligt ist. Biochem. Z. 329 (1958) 476-489. [PMID: 13535602]

[EC 4.2.1.18 created 1961]


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