3-hydroxypropionyl-CoA dehydratase, 3-hydroxypropionyl-coenzyme A dehydratase, 3HPCD, HPCD, Ms3HPCD, Msed_2001
EC Number
4.2.1.116
CAS Registry Number
Comments
Catalyses a step in the 3-hydroxypropanoate/4-hydroxybutyrate cycle, an autotrophic CO2?fixation pathway found in some thermoacidophilic archaea [1]. The enzyme from?Metallosphaera sedula?acts nearly equally as well on (S)-3-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA but not (R)-3-hydroxybutanoyl-CoA [2].
