ExplorEnz: EC 4.2.1.148

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4.2.1.148

Accepted name:

2-methylfumaryl-CoA hydratase

Reaction:

(2R,3S)-2-methylmalyl-CoA = 2-methylfumaryl-CoA + H₂O

For diagram of the 3-hydroxypropanoate cycle, click here

Glossary:

(2R,3S)-2-methylmalyl-CoA = L-erythro-β-methylmalyl-CoA = (2R,3S)-2-methyl-3-carboxy-3-hydroxypropanoyl-CoA
2-methylfumaryl-CoA = (E)-3-carboxy-2-methylprop-2-enoyl-CoA

Other name(s):

Mcd; erythro-β-methylmalonyl-CoA hydrolyase; mesaconyl-coenzyme A hydratase (ambiguous); mesaconyl-C₁-CoA hydratase

Systematic name:

(2R,3S)-2-methylmalyl-CoA hydro-lyase (2-methylfumaryl-CoA-forming)

Comments:

The enzyme from the bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus is part of the 3-hydroxypropanoate cycle for carbon assimilation.

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB

References:

1.	Zarzycki, J., Schlichting, A., Strychalsky, N., Muller, M., Alber, B.E. and Fuchs, G. Mesaconyl-coenzyme A hydratase, a new enzyme of two central carbon metabolic pathways in bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 190 (2008) 1366–1374. [DOI] [PMID: 18065535]

[EC 4.2.1.148 created 2014]