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EC 1.14.12.24 Details
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1.14.12.24
Accepted name
2,4-dinitrotoluene dioxygenase
Reaction
2,4-dinitrotoluene + NADH + O2 = 4-methyl-5-nitrocatechol + nitrite + NAD+
Other name(s)
dntA (gene name)
Systematic name
2,4-dinitrotoluene,NADH:oxygen oxidoreductase (4,5-hydroxylating, nitrite-releasing)
Comment
This enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Burkholderia sp. strain DNT, is a member of the naphthalene family of bacterial Rieske non-heme iron dioxygenases. It comprises a multicomponent system, containing a Rieske [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin, an NADH-dependent flavoprotein reductase (EC 1.18.1.3, ferredoxin—NAD+ reductase), and an α3β3 oxygenase. The enzyme forms a cis-dihydroxylated product that spontaneously rearranges to form a catechol with accompanying release of nitrite. It does not act on nitrobenzene. cf. EC 1.14.12.23, nitroarene dioxygenase.
History
created 2015
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1 Oxidoreductases
1.1 Acting on the CH-OH group of donors
1.14.1.2 created 1965, deleted 1972 1.14.1.4 created 1965, deleted 1972 1.14.1.5 created 1965, deleted 1972 1.14.1.7 created 1965, deleted 1972 1.14.1.8 created 1965, deleted 1972 1.14.1.9 created 1965, deleted 1972 1.14.1.10 created 1965, deleted 1972 1.14.1.11 created 1965, deleted 1972
