2-hydroxy-3-keto-5-methylthiopentenyl-1-phosphate phosphatase

Class of enzymes 2-hydroxy-3-keto-5-methylthiopentenyl-1-phosphate phosphatase 3.1.3.87 2-hydroxy-3-keto-5-methylthiopentenyl-1-phosphate phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.87, HK-MTPenyl-1-P phosphatase, MtnX, YkrX) is an enzyme with systematic name 2-hydroxy-5-(methylthio)-3-oxopent-1-enyl phosphate phosphohydrolase. Myers RW, Wray JW, Fish S, Abeles RH Purification and characterization of an enzyme involved in oxidative carbon-carbon bond cleavage reactions in the methionine salvage pathway of Klebsiella pneumoniae The Journal of Biological Chemistry 268 33 24785–91 November 1993 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)74533-5 free 8227039 Ashida H, Saito Y, Kojima C, Kobayashi K, Ogasawara N, Yokota A A functional link between RuBisCO-like protein of Bacillus and photosynthetic RuBisCO Science 302 5643 286–90 October 2003 14551435 10.1126/science.1086997 2003Sci...302..286A This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction 2-hydroxy-5-(methylthio)-3-oxopent-1-enyl phosphate + H2O 1,2-dihydroxy-5-(methylthio)pent-1-en-3-one + phosphate The enzyme participates in the methionine salvage pathway in Bacillus subtilis. References External links 2-hydroxy-3-keto-5-methylthiopentenyl-1-phosphate+phosphatase Biology no Category:EC 3.1.3