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EC 1.14.16.5 Details
EC number
1.14.16.5
Accepted name
alkylglycerol monooxygenase
Reaction
1-O-alkyl-sn-glycerol + a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine + O2 = 1-O-(1-hydroxyalkyl)-sn-glycerol + a 4a-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine
Other name(s)
glyceryl-ether monooxygenase, glyceryl-ether cleaving enzyme, glyceryl ether oxygenase, glyceryl etherase, O-alkylglycerol monooxygenase
Systematic name
1-alkyl-sn-glycerol,tetrahydrobiopteridine:oxygen oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
37256-82-9
Comment
The enzyme cleaves alkylglycerols, but does not cleave alkenylglycerols (plasmalogens). Requires non-heme iron [7], reduced glutathione and phospholipids for full activity. The product spontaneously breaks down to form a fatty aldehyde and glycerol. The co-product, 4a-hydroxytetrahydropteridine, is rapidly dehydrated to 6,7-dihydropteridine, either spontaneously or by EC 4.2.1.96, 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin dehydratase.
History
created 1972 as EC 1.14.99.17, transferred 1976 to EC 1.14.16.5, modified 2010, modified 2020
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