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1.1.3.48

3-deoxy-α-D-manno-octulosonate 8-oxidase

3-deoxy-α-D-manno-octulopyranosonate + O₂ = 3,8-dideoxy-8-oxo-α-D-manno-octulosonate + H₂O₂

kdnB (gene name)

3-deoxy-α-D-manno-octulopyranosonate:oxygen 8-oxidoreductase

The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Shewanella oneidensis, is involved in the formation of 8-amino-3,8-dideoxy-α-D-manno-octulosonate, an aminated form of Kdo found in lipopolysaccharides of members of the Shewanella genus. cf. EC 2.6.1.109, 8-amino-3,8-dideoxy-α-D-manno-octulosonate transaminase.

created 2015