2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate hydratase

Class of enzymes 2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate hydratase 4.2.1.132 2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate hydratase (4.2.1.132, tesE (gene), hsaE (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name 4-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoate hydro-lyase ((2Z,4Z)-2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate-forming). Horinouchi M, Hayashi T, Koshino H, Kurita T, Kudo T Identification of 9,17-dioxo-1,2,3,4,10,19-hexanorandrostan-5-oic acid, 4-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoic acid, and 2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoic acid and related enzymes involved in testosterone degradation in Comamonas testosteroni TA441 Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71 9 5275–81 September 2005 16151114 1214608 10.1128/aem.71.9.5275-5281.2005 2005ApEnM..71.5275H This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction 4-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoate (2Z,4Z)-2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate + H2O This enzyme catalyses a late step in the bacterial steroid degradation pathway. References External links 2-hydroxyhexa-2,4-dienoate+hydratase Biology no Category:EC 4.2.1