Carnitine dehydratase

Definition:

EC Tree > 4 Lyases > 4.2 Carbon-oxygen lyases > 4.2.1 Hydro-lyases > 4.2.1.89 carnitine dehydratase
Carnitine dehydratase is a bacterial anaerobic enzyme that reversibly converts carnitine into crotonobetaine and water, participating in carnitine fermentation and the acrylate pathway. Structurally it is a cobalamin-dependent or glycyl-radical dehydratase.

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