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EC 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:
1.  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]
[EC 5.4.99.3 created 1972]
 
 


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