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EC 3.3.2.14 Details
EC number
3.3.2.14
Accepted name
2,4-dinitroanisole O-demethylase
Reaction
2,4-dinitroanisole + H2O = methanol + 2,4-dinitrophenol
Other name(s)
2,4-dinitroanisole ether hydrolase, dnhA (gene name), dnhB (gene name), DNAN demethylase
Systematic name
2,4-dinitroanisole methanol hydrolase
Comment
The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Nocardioides sp. JS1661, is involved in the degradation of 2,4-dinitroanisole. Unlike other known O-demethylases, such as EC 1.14.99.15, 4-methoxybenzoate monooxygenase (O-demethylating), or EC 1.14.11.32, codeine 3-O-demethylase, it does not require oxygen or electron donors, and produces methanol rather than formaldehyde.
History
created 2015
EC Tree
1.2.1.1 created 1961, modified 1982, modified 2002, deleted 2005
1.2.1.6 created 1961, deleted 1965
1.2.1.14 created 1961, deleted 1984
1.2.1.34 created 1972, deleted 1983 [transferred to EC 1.1.1.180, deleted 1984]
1.2.1.35 created 1972, deleted 1984
1.2.1.37 created 1972, deleted 1984
1.2.1.55 created 1990, deleted 2003
1.2.1.56 created 1990, deleted 2003