Glycerol dehydratase
In enzymology, a glycerol dehydratase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, glycerol, and two products, 3-hydroxypropanal and H2O.
This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the hydro-lyases, which cleave carbon-oxygen bonds. The systematic name of this enzyme class is glycerol hydro-lyase . Other names in common use include glycerol dehydrase, and glycerol hydro-lyase. This enzyme participates in glycerolipid metabolism. It employs one cofactor, cobalamin.As of late 2007, two structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes and.
