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PROSITE documentation PDOC00078 |
Dioxygenases catalyze the incorporation of both atoms of molecular oxygen into substrates. Cleavage of aromatic rings is one of the most important function of dioxygenases. The substrates of ring-cleavage dioxygenases can be classified into two groups according to the mode of scission of the aromatic ring. Intradiol enzymes cleave the aromatic ring between two hydroxyl groups, whereas extradiol enzymes cleave the aromatic ring between a hydroxylated carbon and another adjacent nonhydroxylated carbon. Extradiol dioxygenases are usually homomultimeric, bind one atom of ferrous ion per subunit and have a subunit size of about 33 Kd. It has been shown [1,2] that the known extradiol dioxygenases are evolutionary related. The enzymes that belong to this family are:
As a signature pattern for these enzymes we selected a region that includes four conserved residues. Among them is a glutamate which has been shown [3], in bphC, to be implicated in the binding of the ferrous iron atom.
Expert(s) to contact by email: Last update:November 1995 / Pattern and text revised.
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1 | Authors | Harayama S. Rekik M. |
Title | Bacterial aromatic ring-cleavage enzymes are classified into two different gene families. | |
Source | J. Biol. Chem. 264:15328-15333(1989). | |
PubMed ID | 2670937 |
2 | Authors | Asturias J.A. Eltis L.D. Prucha M. Timmis K.N. |
Title | Analysis of three 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl 1,2-dioxygenases found in Rhodococcus globerulus P6. Identification of a new family of extradiol dioxygenases. | |
Source | J. Biol. Chem. 269:7807-7815(1994). | |
PubMed ID | 8126007 |
3 | Authors | Han S. Eltis L.D. Timmis K.N. Muchmore S.W. Bolin J.T. |
Title | Crystal structure of the biphenyl-cleaving extradiol dioxygenase from a PCB-degrading pseudomonad. | |
Source | Science 270:976-980(1995). | |
PubMed ID | 7481800 |