| EC |
4.1.2.54 |
| Accepted name: |
L-threo-3-deoxy-hexylosonate aldolase |
| Reaction: |
2-dehydro-3-deoxy-L-galactonate = pyruvate + L-glyceraldehyde |
| Other name(s): |
GAAC; LGA1 |
| Systematic name: |
2-dehydro-3-deoxy-L-galactonate L-glyceraldehyde-lyase (pyruvate-forming) |
| Comments: |
The enzyme takes part in a D-galacturonate degradation pathway in the fungi Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma reesei (Hypocrea jecorina). |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc |
| References: |
| 1. |
Hilditch, S., Berghall, S., Kalkkinen, N., Penttila, M. and Richard, P. The missing link in the fungal D-galacturonate pathway: identification of the L-threo-3-deoxy-hexulosonate aldolase. J. Biol. Chem. 282 (2007) 26195–26201. [DOI] [PMID: 17609199] |
| 2. |
Martens-Uzunova, E.S. and Schaap, P.J. An evolutionary conserved D-galacturonic acid metabolic pathway operates across filamentous fungi capable of pectin degradation. Fungal Genet. Biol. 45 (2008) 1449–1457. [DOI] [PMID: 18768163] |
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