| hydroxypyruvate isomerase | |
| Ec Number: | 5.3.1.22 |
| Cas Number: | 74812-48-9 |
| Go Code: | 0008903 |
In enzymology, a hydroxypyruvate isomerase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
hydroxypyruvate
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Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, hydroxypyruvate, and one product, 2-hydroxy-3-oxopropanoate.
This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those intramolecular oxidoreductases interconverting aldoses and ketoses. The systematic name of this enzyme class is hydroxypyruvate aldose-ketose-isomerase. This enzyme participates in glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism.