Dehydratation of DHQ yields DHS

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R-MTU-964851
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Reaction [transition]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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AroQ, which catalyzes the dehydratation of 3-dehydroquinate (DHQ) to 3-dehydroshikimate (DHS), is a type II DHQ dehydratase. Unlike fungi DHQ dehydratases, AroQ doesn't take part in catabolism reactions (Moore et al, 1992).
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
1329726 Inducible overproduction of the Aspergillus nidulans pentafunctional AROM protein and the type-I and -II 3-dehydroquinases from Salmonella typhi and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Moore, JD, Lamb, HK, Garbe, T, Servos, S, Dougan, G, Charles, IG, Hawkins, AR

Biochem J 1992
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3-dehydroquinate dehydratase activity of AroQ dodecamer [cytosol]

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