L-rhamnonate dehydratase

The enzyme  L rhamnonate dehydratase catalyzes the chemical reaction


 * L -rhamnonate $$\rightleftharpoons$$ 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-L-rhamnonate + 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  L -rhamnonate hydro-lyase (2-dehydro-3-deoxy- L -rhamnonate-forming). This enzyme is also called  L rhamnonate hydro-lyase. This enzyme participates in fructose and mannose metabolism.

Structural studies
As of late 2007, 4 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes, , , and.