IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.1.4

Accepted name: citrate dehydratase

Reaction: citrate = cis-aconitate + H2O

Systematic name: citrate hydro-lyase

Comments: cis-Aconitate is used to designate the isomer (Z)-prop-1-ene-1,2,3-tricarboxylate. Does not act on isocitrate.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, CAS registry number: 9024-39-9

References:

1. Neilson, N.E. The aconitase of Aspergillus niger. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 17 (1955) 139-140. [PMID: 13239639]

[EC 4.2.1.4 created 1961]


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