IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.1.39

Accepted name: gluconate dehydratase

Reaction: D-gluconate = 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate + H2O

Other name(s): D-gluconate dehydratase; D-gluconate hydro-lyase

Systematic name: D-gluconate hydro-lyase (2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconate-forming)

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, CAS registry number: 37290-75-8

References:

1. Andreesen, J.R. and Gottschalk, G. The occurrence of a modified Entner-Doudoroff pathway in Clostridium aceticum. Arch. Mikrobiol. 69 (1969) 160-170. [PMID: 5383859]

[EC 4.2.1.39 created 1972]


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