From 2-Oxopropyl-CoM to Acetoacetate

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Allen JR, Clark DD, Krum JG, Ensign SA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1999) 96(15): 8432-7.

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           2-Oxopropyl-CoM           
                  |
                  |  NADH + CO2
  2-oxopropyl-CoM | /
        reductase |/
          1.8.1.5 |
            Kyoto |\
           ExPASy | \
                  |  NADP+ + CoM
                  v
            Acetoacetate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
2-Ketoalkyl-CoM + CO2 -----> 3-Ketocarboxylate + CoM (bt0198)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0854.
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