Reaction: 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate + O2 = 2-hydroxy-5-carboxymethylmuconate semialdehyde
Other name(s): 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid 2,3-dioxygenase; HPC dioxygenase; homoprotocatechuate 2,3-dioxygenase; 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate:oxygen 2,3-oxidoreductase (decyclizing)
Systematic name: 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate:oxygen 2,3-oxidoreductase (ring-opening)
Comments: An iron protein.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 37256-56-7
References:
1. Adachi, K., Takeda, Y., Senoh, S. and Kita, H. Metabolism of p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid in Pseudomonas ovalis. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 93 (1964) 483-493.
2. Barbour, M.G. and Bayly, R.C. Control of meta-cleavage degradation of 4-hydroxyphenylacetate in Pseudomonas putida. J. Bacteriol. 147 (1981) 844-850. [PMID: 6895079]
3. Krishnan Kutty, R., Devi, N.A., Veeraswamy, M., Ramesh, S. and Subba Rao, P.V. Degradation of (+/-)-synephrine by Arthrobacter synephrinum. Oxidation of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetate to 2-hydroxy-5-carboxymethyl-muconate semialdehyde. Biochem. J. 167 (1977) 163-170. [PMID: 588248]