Reaction: glycerol = 3-hydroxypropanal + H2O
Other name(s): glycerol dehydrase; glycerol hydro-lyase
Systematic name: glycerol hydro-lyase (3-hydroxypropanal-forming)
Comments: Two different forms of the enzyme have been described. One form requires a cobamide cofactor, while the other is a glycyl radical enzyme.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9077-68-3
References:
1. Smiley, K.L. and Sobolov, M. A cobamide-requiring glycerol dehydrase from an acrolein-forming Lactobacillus. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 97 (1962) 538-543.
2. Schneider, Z. and Pawelkiewicz, J. The properties of glycerol dehydratase isolated from Aerobacter aerogenes, and the properties of the apoenzyme subunits. Acta Biochim. Pol. 13 (1966) 311-328. [PMID: 5962440]
3. Schneider, Z., Larsen, E.G., Jacobsen, G., Johnson, B.C. and Pawelkiewicz, J. Purification and properties of glycerol dehydrase. J. Biol. Chem. 245 (1970) 3388-3396. [PMID: 4989992]
4. Forage, R.G. and Foster, M.A. Glycerol fermentation in Klebsiella pneumoniae: functions of the coenzyme B12-dependent glycerol and diol dehydratases. J. Bacteriol. 149 (1982) 413-419. [PMID: 7035429]
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