| EC |
1.13.11.73 |
| Accepted name: |
methylphosphonate synthase |
| Reaction: |
2-hydroxyethylphosphonate + O2 = methylphosphonate + hydrogen carbonate |
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For diagram of phosphonate metabolism, click here |
| Other name(s): |
mpnS (gene name); 2-hydroxyethylphosphonate:O2 1,2-oxidoreductase (methylphosphonate-forming) |
| Systematic name: |
2-hydroxyethylphosphonate:oxygen 1,2-oxidoreductase (methylphosphonate-forming) |
| Comments: |
Isolated from the marine archaeon Nitrosopumilus maritimus. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB |
| References: |
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Metcalf, W.W., Griffin, B.M., Cicchillo, R.M., Gao, J., Janga, S.C., Cooke, H.A., Circello, B.T., Evans, B.S., Martens-Habbena, W., Stahl, D.A. and van der Donk, W.A. Synthesis of methylphosphonic acid by marine microbes: a source for methane in the aerobic ocean. Science 337 (2012) 1104–1107. [DOI] [PMID: 22936780] |
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