Scytalone dehydratase

In enzymology, a scytalone dehydratase (EC number|4.2.1.94) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

:scytalone $ightleftharpoons$ 1,3,8-trihydroxynaphthalene + H₂O

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, scytalone, and two products, 1,3,8-trihydroxynaphthalene 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 scytalone 7,8-hydro-lyase (1,3,8-trihydroxynaphthalene-forming). This enzyme is also called scytalone 7,8-hydro-lyase.

tructural studies

As of late 2007, 8 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes PDB link|1IDP, PDB link|1STD, PDB link|2STD, PDB link|3STD, PDB link|4STD, PDB link|5STD, PDB link|6STD, and PDB link|7STD.

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