3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase () is an
enzyme
Enzymes () are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrate (chemistry), substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecule ...
with
systematic name ''3-dehydroshikimate hydro-lyase''.
This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another. Classically, chemical reactions encompass changes that only involve the positions of electrons in the forming and break ...
: 3-dehydro-shikimate
3,4-dihydroxybenzoate + H
2O
This enzyme catalyses an early step in the biosynthesis of petrobactin.
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