Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An enzyme that catalyzes the removal of oxygen and hydrogen from organic compounds in the form of water.
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- noun biochemistry Any
enzyme thatcatalyzes the removal of the elements ofwater from a compound, often leaving adouble bond .
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Examples
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Likewise tryptophan synthase PDB 1ttp and galactonate dehydratase have very similar alpha/beta barrel domains even though there is no sequence homology between the two proteins.
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Rebrin I, Thony B, Neuheiser F, Curtius HC, et al. (1993) Phenylalanine hydroxylase-stimulating protein / pterin-4 alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase from rat and human liver.
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T. gondii has been shown to encode a functional pterin-4a-carbinolamine dehydratase involved in recycling biopterin but dihydropterin reductase has not been detected
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The pdb-codes of the proteins are as follows: endonuclease III - 2ABK, dihydrodipicolinate synthase - 1DHP, blue copper oxydase CuoE - 1KV7, threonine dehydratase - 1TDJ, penicillin amidase - 1PNK.
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KasA and KasB are two distinct ketosynthases that are part of a core FAS-II complex which also includes a keto-reductase (FabG1, MabA), a multicomponent dehydratase (Rv0636+Rv0635 or Rv0637) and an enoyl reductase (InhA)
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009
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Bhatt A, Singh A, Saparia E, Evans AF, et al. (2007) Identification of the dehydratase component of the mycobacterial mycolic acid-synthesizing fatty acid synthase-II complex.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009
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