Activating Compound | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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ascorbate | addition at 10% of its KM-value significantly accelerates iron oxidation and ethylene formation | Persea americana |
Metals/Ions | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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Fe2+ | oxidizes to Fe(III) during single turnover | Persea americana |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Persea americana | - |
AVOe3 gene | - |
Reaction | Comment | Organism | Reaction ID |
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1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate + ascorbate + O2 = ethene + cyanide + dehydroascorbate + CO2 + 2 H2O | mechanism, reaction begins with binding of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate and O2, and proceeds via iron oxidation and one-electron reduction to form a peroxy intermediate. Breakdown of the intermediate yields a high-valent iron species which is the true oxidizing reagent for bound 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate | Persea americana |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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1-amino-2-ethylcyclopropane-1-carboxylate + L-ascorbate + O2 + HCO3- | - |
Persea americana | 1-butene + cyanide + dehydroascorbate + CO2 + H2O | - |
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additional information | ascorbate is not required for O2 activation or product formation | Persea americana | ? | - |
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