| EC |
1.13.11.4 |
| Accepted name: |
gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase |
| Reaction: |
2,5-dihydroxybenzoate + O2 = maleylpyruvate |
| Other name(s): |
gentisate oxygenase; 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate dioxygenase; gentisate dioxygenase; gentisic acid oxidase; gentisate:oxygen 1,2-oxidoreductase (decyclizing) |
| Systematic name: |
gentisate:oxygen 1,2-oxidoreductase (ring-opening) |
| Comments: |
Requires Fe2+. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9029-48-5 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Hayaishi, O. Direct oxygenation by O2, oxygenases. In: Boyer, P.D., Lardy, H. and Myrbäck, K. (Ed.), The Enzymes, 2nd edn, vol. 8, Academic Press, New York, 1963, pp. 353–371. |
| 2. |
Sugiyama, S., Yano, K., Komagata, K. and Arima, K. Metabolites of aromatic compounds by microbes. Part VII. Gentisic acid oxidase. Bull. Agric. Chem. Soc. Jpn 24 (1960) 243–248. |
| 3. |
Sugiyama, S., Yano, K. and Arima, K. Metabolites of aromatic compounds by microbes. Part VII. Further studies of gentisic acid oxidase. Bull. Agric. Chem. Soc. Jpn 24 (1960) 249–254. |
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| [EC 1.13.11.4 created 1961 as EC 1.99.2.4, transferred 1965 to EC 1.13.1.4, transferred 1972 to EC 1.13.11.4] |
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