Xylonate dehydratase

Definition:

EC Tree > 4 Lyases > 4.2 Carbon-oxygen lyases > 4.2.1 Hydro-lyases > 4.2.1.82 xylonate dehydratase
Xylonate dehydratase is an enolase-superfamily dehydratase in pentose oxidation. It dehydrates D-xylonate into 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-arabinonate and water. It is found in Bacteria and Archaea. Structurally it is a metal-dependent xylonate dehydratase.

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