ENTRY       EC 4.2.1.6
NAME        Galactonate dehydratase
CLASS       Lyases
            Carbon-oxygen lyases
            Hydro-lyases
SYSNAME     D-Galactonate hydro-lyase
REACTION    D-Galactonate = 2-Dehydro-3-deoxy-D-galactonate + H2O
SUBSTRATE   D-Galactonate
PRODUCT     2-Dehydro-3-deoxy-D-galactonate
            H2O
COMMENT     Functional similarity to mandelate racemase (EC 5.1.2.2) and
            muconate cycloisomerase (EC 5.5.1.1); Biochemistry, 1990,
            29, 9856-9862; Nature, 1990, 347, 692-694. They abstract the
            alpha-proton of carboxylic acids.
PATHWAY     PATH: MAP00052  Galactose metabolism
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 4.2.1.6
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 4.2.1.6
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