From cis-2-Hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate to 4-Hydroxy-2-oxovalerate

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Lau PC, Bergeron H, Labbe D, Wang Y, Brousseau R, Gibson DT. Gene (1994) 146(1): 7-13.

Search Medline for 2-oxopent-4-enoate hydratase.
23 citations on March 09, 2012. 
      cis-2-Hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate      
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                     |  H2O
  2-oxopent-4-enoate | /
           hydratase |/
            4.2.1.80 | Search GenBank, 314 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
               Kyoto |
              ExPASy |
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          4-Hydroxy-2-oxovalerate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1-Oxo 2- or 3-ene derivative -----> 1-Oxo-3-hydroxy derivative (bt0021)
[4-Chlorobiphenyl] [Ethylbenzene] [Styrene] [Toluene] [BBD Main Menu]

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0101.
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