Oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase

A P-oxo acid, with proper catalysis, is susceptible to hydrolysis by attack of water on the carbonyl group. An example is the reaction catalyzed by oxaloacetate acetylhydrolase which has been isolated from Aspergillus niger (Eq. 13-34). A related cleavage is catalyzed by ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase (see Eq. 13-48). 

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