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EC 1.2.3.3 Details
EC number
1.2.3.3
Accepted name
pyruvate oxidase
Reaction
pyruvate + phosphate + O2 = acetyl phosphate + CO2 + H2O2
Other name(s)
pyruvic oxidase, phosphate-dependent pyruvate oxidase
Systematic name
pyruvate:oxygen 2-oxidoreductase (phosphorylating)
CAS registry number
9001-96-1
Comment
A flavoprotein (FAD) requiring thiamine diphosphate. Two reducing equivalents are transferred from the resonant carbanion/enamine forms of 2-hydroxyethyl-thiamine-diphosphate to the adjacent flavin cofactor, yielding 2-acetyl-thiamine diphosphate (AcThDP) and reduced flavin. FADH2 is reoxidized by O2 to yield H2O2 and FAD and AcThDP is cleaved phosphorolytically to acetyl phosphate and thiamine diphosphate [2].
History
created 1961
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
1.2.3.2 created 1961, deleted 1984
1.2.3.10 created 1990, deleted 2003
1.2.3.12 created 2000, deleted 2003