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EC 1.17.99.2 Details
EC number
1.17.99.2
Accepted name
ethylbenzene hydroxylase
Reaction
ethylbenzene + H2O + acceptor = (S)-1-phenylethanol + reduced acceptor
Other name(s)
ethylbenzene dehydrogenase, ethylbenzene:(acceptor) oxidoreductase
Systematic name
ethylbenzene:acceptor oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
372947-56-3
Comment
Involved in the anaerobic catabolism of ethylbenzene by denitrifying bacteria. Ethylbenzene is the preferred substrate; the enzyme from some strains oxidizes propylbenzene, 1-ethyl-4-fluorobenzene, 3-methylpent-2-ene and ethylidenecyclohexane. Toluene is not oxidized. p-Benzoquinone or ferrocenium can act as electron acceptor. Contains molybdopterin, [4Fe-4S] clusters and heme b.
History
created 2001
EC Tree
1.1.1.68 created 1965, deleted 1978 [transferred to EC 1.1.99.15, deleted 1980]
1.1.1.70 created 1965, deleted 1978
1.1.1.74 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.1.1.89 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.1.1.109 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.1.1.139 created 1972, deleted 1978
1.1.1.155 created 1976, deleted 2004
1.1.1.171 created 1978, deleted 1984
1.1.1.180 created 1983, deleted 1984
1.1.1.182 created 1983, deleted 1990
1.1.1.204 created 1972 as EC 1.2.1.37, transferred 1984 to EC 1.1.1.204, modified 1989, deleted 2004
1.1.1.242 created 1992, deleted 2001
1.1.1.249 provisional version created 1999, deleted 1999 (reinstated 2001 as EC 2.5.1.46)
1.1.1.253 created 1999, deleted 2003
1.1.99.15 created 1978, deleted 1980
1.1.99.17 created 1982, deleted 2003