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5.4.99.3 |
Accepted name: |
2-acetolactate mutase |
Reaction: |
2-acetolactate = 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate |
Other name(s): |
acetolactate mutase; acetohydroxy acid isomerase |
Systematic name: |
2-acetolactate methylmutase |
Comments: |
Requires ascorbic acid; also converts 2-aceto-2-hydroxybutanoate to 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-2-oxopentanoate. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 37318-52-8 |
References: |
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Allaudeen, H.S. and Ramakrishnan, T. Biosynthesis of isoleucine and valine in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37 Rv. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 125 (1968) 199–209. [DOI] [PMID: 4384955] |
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[EC 5.4.99.3 created 1972] |
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