IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.1.32

Accepted name: L(+)-tartrate dehydratase

Reaction: (R,R)-tartrate = oxaloacetate + H2O

Other name(s): tartrate dehydratase; tartaric acid dehydrase; L-tartrate dehydratase; L-(+)-tartaric acid dehydratase; (R,R)-tartrate hydro-lyase

Systematic name: (R,R)-tartrate hydro-lyase (oxaloacetate-forming)

Comments: The enzyme exists in an inactive low-molecular-mass form, which is converted into active enzyme in the presence of Fe2+ and thiol. cf. EC 4.2.1.81 D(–)-tartrate dehydratase.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9014-40-8

References:

1. Hurlbert, R.E. and Jakoby, W.B. Tartaric acid metabolism. I. Subunits of L(+)-tartaric acid dehydrase. J. Biol. Chem. 240 (1965) 2772-2777. [PMID: 14342293]

[EC 4.2.1.32 created 1972, modified 1986]


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