From 4,6-Dioxoheptanoate to Acetone and Succinate

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Medline reference
Bartholomew BA, Smith MJ, Trudgill PW, Hopper DJ. Appl Environ Microbiol (1996) 62(9): 3245-50.

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21 citations on March 09, 2012. 
             4,6-Dioxoheptanoate             
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                      |  H2O
  4,6-dioxoheptanoate | /
            hydrolase |/
              3.7.1.- |
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               ExPASy |
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                      v
             Acetone + Succinate
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EAWAG-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:
1,3-Diketone -----> Ketone + Carboxylate (bt0373)
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This is the EAWAG-BBD reaction, reacID# r1744.
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