From 2-Methyl-3-oxohexanoyl-CoA to Butyryl-CoA and Propanoyl-CoA

Graphic of the reaction.
Medline reference: Wilkes H, Rabus R, Fischer T, Armstroff A, Behrends A, Widdel F. Arch Microbiol (2002) 177(3): 235-43.

              2-Methyl-3-oxohexanoyl-CoA               
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                           |  [~SCoA]
               butyryl-CoA | /
  2-C-propionyltransferase |/
                   2.3.1.- |
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                    ExPASy |
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                           v
              Butyryl-CoA + Propanoyl-CoA

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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:: 1-Methyl-2-oxo CoA derivative -----> Acetyl CoA derivative (bt0338)

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0931.
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