Glycerol dehydratase

In enzymology, a glycerol dehydratase (EC 4.2.1.30) catalyzes the chemical reaction

glycerol ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ 3-hydroxypropanal + H₂O

glycerol dehydratase
Identifiers
EC no.	4.2.1.30
CAS no.	9077-68-3
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene Ontology	AmiGO / QuickGO
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Representation of molecular structure of the protein registered with 1r8w code.

This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the hydro-lyases, which cleave carbon-oxygen bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is glycerol hydro-lyase (3-hydroxypropanol-forming). Other names in common use include glycerol dehydrase, and glycerol hydro-lyase. This enzyme participates in glycerolipid metabolism. It employs one cofactor, cobalamin.

Structural studies

As of late 2007, two structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 1IWP and 1MMF.