IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.1.54

Accepted name: lactoyl-CoA dehydratase

Reaction: lactoyl-CoA = acryloyl-CoA + H2O

Other name(s): lactoyl coenzyme A dehydratase; lactyl-coenzyme A dehydrase; lactyl CoA dehydratase; acrylyl coenzyme A hydratase; lactoyl-CoA hydro-lyase

Systematic name: lactoyl-CoA hydro-lyase (acryloyl-CoA-forming)

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, UM-BBD, CAS registry number: 9031-12-3

References:

1. Baldwin, R.L., Wood, W.A. and Emery, R.S. Lactate metabolism by Peptostreptococcus elsdenii: evidence for lactyl coenzyme a dehydrase. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 97 (1965) 202-213. [PMID: 14292829]

[EC 4.2.1.54 created 1972]


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