From 3-Hydroxy-2-methylhexanoyl-CoA to 2-Methyl-3-oxohexanoyl-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.

                  3-Hydroxy-2-methylhexanoyl-CoA                   
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  3-hydroxy-2-methylhexanoyl-CoA |
                   dehydrogenase |
                         1.1.-.- |
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                          ExPASy | \
                                 |  2H⁺ + 2e^-
                                 v
                    2-Methyl-3-oxohexanoyl-CoA

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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:: 3-Hydroxyacyl-CoA -----> 3-Ketoacyl-CoA (bt0336)

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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r0930.
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