From 4-Hydroxy-2-oxohexanoate to Pyruvate and Propanal

Graphic of the reaction.
Medline reference: Platt A, Shingler V, Taylor SC, Williams PA. Microbiology (1995) 141 ( Pt 9): 2223-33.
Search Medline for 4-hydroxy-2-oxovalerate aldolase.: 22 citations on June 26, 2008.

              4-Hydroxy-2-oxohexanoate               
                          |
                          |
  4-hydroxy-2-oxovalerate |
                 aldolase |
                 4.1.3.39 | Search GenBank, 227 hits on May. 10, 2009
                    Kyoto |\
                   ExPASy | \
                          |  H⁺
                          v
                 Pyruvate + Propanal

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UM-BBD Biotransformation rules in accord with this reaction:: 2-Oxo-4-hydroxycarboxylate -----> Aldehyde + Pyruvate (bt0043)

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This is the UM-BBD reaction, reacID# r0183.
It was generated on November 24, 2009 10:13:17 PM CST.

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