ExplorEnz: EC 5.3.2.8

5.3.2.8

Accepted name:

4-oxalomesaconate tautomerase

Reaction:

(1E)-4-oxobut-1-ene-1,2,4-tricarboxylate = (1E,3E)-4-hydroxybuta-1,3-diene-1,2,4-tricarboxylate

Glossary:

(1E)-4-oxobut-1-ene-1,2,4-tricarboxylate = keto tautomer of 4-oxalomesaconate
(1E,3E)-4-hydroxybuta-1,3-diene-1,2,4-tricarboxylate = one of the enol tautomers of 4-oxalomesaconate

Other name(s):

GalD

Systematic name:

4-oxalomesaconate keto—enol-isomerase

Comments:

This enzyme has been characterized from the bacterium Pseudomonas putida KT2440 and is involved in the degradation pathway of syringate and 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate. It catalyses the interconversion of two of the tautomers of 4-oxalomesaconate, a reaction that can also occur spontaneously.

References:

1.	Nogales, J., Canales, A., Jiménez-Barbero, J., Serra B., Pingarrón, J. M., García, J. L. and Díaz, E. Unravelling the gallic acid degradation pathway in bacteria: the gal cluster from Pseudomonas putida. Mol. Microbiol. 79 (2011) 359–374. [PMID: 21219457]

[EC 5.3.2.8 created 2011 as EC 5.3.3.16, modified 2011, transferred 2012 to EC 5.3.2.8]