Glycerol dehydratase

glycerol dehydratase
Identifiers
EC number 4.2.1.30
CAS number 9077-68-3
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene Ontology AmiGO / EGO

In enzymology, a glycerol dehydratase (EC 4.2.1.30) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

glycerol 3-hydroxypropanal + H2O

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, glycerol, and two products, 3-hydroxypropanal and H2O.

This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the hydro-lyases, which cleave carbon-oxygen bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is glycerol hydro-lyase (3-hydroxypropanol-forming). Other names in common use include glycerol dehydrase, and glycerol hydro-lyase. This enzyme participates in glycerolipid metabolism. It employs one cofactor, cobalamin.

Structural studies

As of late 2007, two structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 1IWP and 1MMF.

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