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4.2.1.53

Accepted name:

oleate hydratase

Reaction:

(R)-10-hydroxystearate = oleate + H₂O

Other name(s):

(R)-10-hydroxystearate 10-hydro-lyase

Systematic name:

(R)-10-hydroxystearate 10-hydro-lyase (oleate-forming)

Comments:

Acts on a number of 10-hydroxy acids.

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9073-51-2

References:

1.	Davis, E.N., Wallen, L.L., Goodwin, J.C., Rohwedder, W.K. and Rhodes, R.A. Microbial hydration of cis-9-alkenoic acids. Lipids 4 (1969) 356–362. [DOI] [PMID: 5823715]
2.	Gotouda, H., Takatori, T., Terazawa, K., Nagao, M. and Tarao, H. The mechanism of experimental adipocere formation: hydration and dehydrogenation in microbial synthesis of hydroxy and oxo fatty acids. Forensic Sci. Int. 37 (1988) 249–257. [DOI] [PMID: 3410394]
3.	Niehaus, W.G., Jr., Kisic, A., Torkelson, A., Bednarczyk, D.J. and Schroepfer, G.J., Jr. , Stereospecific hydration of the Δ⁹ double bond of oleic acid. J. Biol. Chem. 245 (1970) 3790–3797. [PMID: 5492948]

[EC 4.2.1.53 created 1972]