Tags: Enzyme.
2-hydroxyhexa-24-dienoate hydratase (EC 4.2.1.132 tesE (gene) hsaE (gene)) is an enzyme with system name 4-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoate hydro-lyase ((2Z4Z)-2-hydroxyhexa-24-dienoate-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction 4-hydroxy-2-oxohexanoate (2Z4Z)-2-hydroxyhexa-24-dienoate + H2OThis enzyme catalyses a late step in the bacterial steroid degradation pathway.