Reaction: catechol + O2 = cis,cis-muconate
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Other name(s): catechol-oxygen 1,2-oxidoreductase; 1,2-pyrocatechase; catechase; catechol 1,2-oxygenase; catechol dioxygenase; pyrocatechase; pyrocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase; CD I; CD II
Systematic name: catechol:oxygen 1,2-oxidoreductase
Comments: Requires Fe3+. Involved in the metabolism of nitro-aromatic compounds by a strain of Pseudomonas putida.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, PDB, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 9027-16-1
References:
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