Glycerol dehydratase

In enzymology, a glycerol dehydratase (EC number|4.2.1.30) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

:glycerol $ightleftharpoons$ 3-hydroxypropanal + H₂O

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, glycerol, and two products, 3-hydroxypropanal and H₂O.

This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the hydro-lyases, which cleave carbon-oxygen bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is glycerol hydro-lyase (3-hydroxypropanal-forming). Other names in common use include glycerol dehydrase, and glycerol hydro-lyase. This enzyme participates in glycerolipid metabolism. It employs one cofactor, cobamide.

tructural studies

As of late 2007, two structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes PDB link|1IWP and PDB link|1MMF.

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External links

::"The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is CAS registry|9077-68-3."

Gene Ontology (GO) codes