Aconitase
Sign in to saveAlso known as cis-aconitase, citrate(isocitrate) hydro-lyase, citrate(isocitrate) hydro-lyase (cis-aconitate-forming)
Key facts
- Enzyme.CAS_number
- 9024-25-3
- Enzyme.Name
- aconitate hydratase
- Enzyme.EC_number
- 4.2.1.3
- Enzyme.GO_code
- 0003994
- Enzyme.image
- 7ACN.jpg
- Enzyme.caption
- Illustration of pig aconitase in complex with the [Fe4S4] cluster. The protein is colored by secondary structure, and iron atoms are blue and the sulfur red.
- Protein family.Symbol
- Aconitase
- Protein family.Name
- Aconitase family(aconitate hydratase)
- Protein family.image
- PDB 1aco EBI.jpg
- Protein family.caption
- Structure of aconitase.
- Protein family.Pfam
- PF00330
- Protein family.InterPro
- IPR001030
- Protein family.PROSITE
- PDOC00423
- Protein family.SCOP
- 1aco
- Protein.Name
- aconitase 2, mitochondrial
- Protein.HGNCid
- 118
- Protein.Symbol
- ACO2
- Protein.AltSymbols
- ACONM
via Wikipedia infobox
~6 min read
Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Structure
- Function
- Mechanism
- Family members
- Interactive pathway map
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Aconitase (aconitate hydratase; ) is an enzyme that catalyses the stereo-specific isomerization of citrate to isocitrate via cis-aconitate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle, a non-redox-active process.
Image:Citrate wpmp.png| Image:Aconitic acid.svg| Image:isocitric acid.svg|
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aconitase” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.