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EC 4.3.1.16 Details
EC number
4.3.1.16
Accepted name
threo-3-hydroxy-L-aspartate ammonia-lyase
Reaction
threo-3-hydroxy-L-aspartate = oxaloacetate + NH3
Other name(s)
L-threo-3-hydroxyaspartate dehydratase, threo-3-hydroxyaspartate ammonia-lyase
Systematic name
threo-3-hydroxy-L-aspartate ammonia-lyase (oxaloacetate-forming)
CAS registry number
248270-70-4
Comment
A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. The enzyme, purified from the bacterium Pseudomonas sp. T62, is highly specific, and does not accept any other stereoisomer of 3-hydroxyaspartate. Different from EC 4.3.1.20, erythro-3-hydroxy-L-aspartate ammonia-lyase and EC 4.3.1.27, threo-3-hydroxy-D-aspartate ammonia-lyase. Requires a divalent cation such as Mn2+, Mg2+, or Ca2+.
History
created 2001, modified 2011
EC Tree
4.3.1.8 created 1972, modified 1982, modified 1989, deleted 2003
4.3.1.21 created 1965 as EC 4.2.1.26, transferred 2002 to EC 4.3.1.21, deleted 2004