Altronate dehydratase

Definition:

EC Tree > 4 Lyases > 4.2 Carbon-oxygen lyases > 4.2.1 Hydro-lyases > 4.2.1.7 altronate dehydratase
Altronate dehydratase is an enolase-superfamily dehydratase that dehydrates D-altronate into 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate and water, feeding the Entner-Doudoroff pathway. It appears in viruses and cellular organisms. Structurally it is a metal-dependent sugar-acid dehydratase.

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