N-alkylglycine_oxidase

N-alkylglycine oxidase

N-alkylglycine oxidase

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N-alkylglycine oxidase (EC 1.5.3.20, N-carboxymethylalkylamine:oxygen oxidoreductase (decarboxymethylating)) is an enzyme with systematic name N-alkylglycine:oxygen oxidoreductase (alkylamine forming).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

N-alkylglycine + H2O + O2 alkylamine + glyoxalate + H2O2

Isolated from the mold Cladosporium sp. G-10.


References

  1. Gomi K, Horiuchi T (January 1999). "Purification and characterization of a new enzyme, N-alkylglycine oxidase from Cladosporium sp. G-10". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 1429 (2): 439–45. doi:10.1016/s0167-4838(98)00255-6. PMID 9989229.

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