Citrate dehydratase

Definition:

EC Tree > 4 Lyases > 4.2 Carbon-oxygen lyases > 4.2.1 Hydro-lyases > 4.2.1.4 citrate dehydratase
Citrate dehydratase is a bacterial dehydratase that dehydrates citrate into cis-aconitate and water; cis-aconitate is (Z)-prop-1-ene-1,2,3-tricarboxylate. It does not act on isocitrate. Structurally it is a citrate-specific dehydratase.

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