Dihydrocoumarin hydrolase (EC 3.1.1.35) is an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction
The enzyme characterised from Melilotus alba hydrolyses 2-chromanone to melilotic acid. The enzyme is part of a pathway that degrades the aromatic hydrocarbon, fluorene.
This enzyme is a hydrolase, specifically one acting on carboxylic ester bonds. The systematic name is dihydrocoumarin lactonohydrolase.
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