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EC 4.2.1.141     
Accepted name: 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-arabinonate dehydratase
Reaction: 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-arabinonate = 2,5-dioxopentanoate + H2O
For diagram of D-arabinose catabolism, click here
Glossary: 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-arabinonate = 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-xylonate = 3-deoxy-L-glycero-pent-2-ulonate
Systematic name: 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-arabinonate hydro-lyase (2,5-dioxopentanoate-forming)
Comments: The enzyme participates in pentose oxidation pathways that convert pentose sugars to the tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediate 2-oxoglutarate.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB
References:
1.  Brouns, S.J., Walther, J., Snijders, A.P., van de Werken, H.J., Willemen, H.L., Worm, P., de Vos, M.G., Andersson, A., Lundgren, M., Mazon, H.F., van den Heuvel, R.H., Nilsson, P., Salmon, L., de Vos, W.M., Wright, P.C., Bernander, R. and van der Oost, J. Identification of the missing links in prokaryotic pentose oxidation pathways: evidence for enzyme recruitment. J. Biol. Chem. 281 (2006) 27378–27388. [DOI] [PMID: 16849334]
2.  Brouns, S.J., Barends, T.R., Worm, P., Akerboom, J., Turnbull, A.P., Salmon, L. and van der Oost, J. Structural insight into substrate binding and catalysis of a novel 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-arabinonate dehydratase illustrates common mechanistic features of the FAH superfamily. J. Mol. Biol. 379 (2008) 357–371. [DOI] [PMID: 18448118]
3.  Johnsen, U., Dambeck, M., Zaiss, H., Fuhrer, T., Soppa, J., Sauer, U. and Schonheit, P. D-Xylose degradation pathway in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii. J. Biol. Chem. 284 (2009) 27290–27303. [DOI] [PMID: 19584053]
[EC 4.2.1.141 created 2013]
 
 


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