- Source: 2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate hydratase
2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate hydratase (EC 4.2.1.132, tesE (gene), hsaE (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name 4-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoate hydro-lyase ((2Z,4Z)-2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
4-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoate
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{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
(2Z,4Z)-2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate + H2O
This enzyme catalyses a late step in the bacterial steroid degradation pathway.
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External links
2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate+hydratase at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)