IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 4.2.3.1

Accepted name: threonine synthase

Reaction: O-phospho-L-homoserine + H2O = L-threonine + phosphate

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Other name(s): threonine synthetase; O-phospho-L-homoserine phospho-lyase (adding water)

Systematic name: O-phospho-L-homoserine phosphate-lyase (adding water; L-threonine-forming)

Comments: A pyridoxal-phosphate protein.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9023-97-6

References:

1. Flavin, M. and Slaughter, C. Purification and properties of threonine synthetase of Neurospora. J. Biol. Chem. 235 (1960) 1103-1108. [PMID: 13823379]

[EC 4.2.3.1 created 1961 as EC 4.2.99.2, transferred 2000 to EC 4.2.3.1]


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