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EC 1.1.99.37 Details
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1.1.99.37
Accepted name
methanol dehydrogenase (nicotinoprotein)
Reaction
methanol + acceptor = formaldehyde + reduced acceptor
Other name(s)
NDMA-dependent methanol dehydrogenase,
nicotinoprotein methanol dehydrogenase,
methanol:N,N-dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline oxidoreductase
Systematic name
methanol:acceptor oxidoreductase
Comment
Contains Zn2+ and Mg2+. Nicotinoprotein methanol dehydrogenases have a tightly bound NADP+/NADPH cofactor that does not dissociate during the catalytic process. Instead, the cofactor is regenerated by a second substrate or electron carrier. While the in vivo electron acceptor is not known, N,N-dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline (NDMA), which is reduced to 4-(hydroxylamino)-N,N-dimethylaniline, can serve this function in vitro. The enzyme has been detected in several Gram-positive methylotrophic bacteria, including Amycolatopsis methanolica, Rhodococcus rhodochrous and Rhodococcus erythropolis [1-3]. These enzymes are decameric, and possess a 5-fold symmetry [4]. Some of the enzymes can also dismutate formaldehyde to methanol and formate [5].
History
created 2010
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1 Oxidoreductases
1.1.1 With NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor
1.1.3.1 created 1961, deleted 1984 1.1.3.25 created 1986, deleted 2005 1.1.3.26 created 1989, deleted 2002 1.1.3.31 created 1992, deleted 2003 1.1.3.32 created 1999, deleted 2002 1.1.3.33 created 1999, deleted 2002 1.1.3.34 created 1999, deleted 2002 1.1.3.35 created 1999, deleted 2002 1.1.3.36 created 1999, deleted 2002 1.1.99.15 created 1978, deleted 1980 1.1.99.17 created 1982, deleted 2003 1.3.3.2 created 1972, deleted 2005
