3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine_oxidative_deaminase

3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine oxidative deaminase

3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine oxidative deaminase

Class of enzymes


3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine oxidative deaminase (EC 1.13.12.15, 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine: oxidative deaminase, oxidative deaminase, DOPA oxidative deaminase, DOPAODA) is an enzyme with systematic name 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine:oxygen oxidoreductase (deaminating).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

2 L-dopa + O2 2 3,4-dihydroxyphenylpyruvate + 2 NH3
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This enzyme is one of the three enzymes involved in L-dopa (3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine) catabolism in the bacterium Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus.


References

  1. Ranjith NK, Ramana C, Sasikala C (October 2008). "Purification and characterization of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine oxidative deaminase from Rhodobacter sphaeroides OU5". Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 54 (10): 829–34. doi:10.1139/w08-071. PMID 18923551.

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