Reaction: 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate + O2 = maleylpyruvate
Other name(s): gentisate oxygenase; 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate dioxygenase; gentisate dioxygenase; gentisic acid oxidase
Systematic name: gentisate:oxygen 1,2-oxidoreductase (decyclizing)
Comments: Requires Fe2+.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9029-48-5
References:
1. Hayaishi, O. Direct oxygenation by O2, oxygenases. In: Boyer, P.D., Lardy, H. and Myrbäck, K. (Eds.), The Enzymes, 2nd ed., vol. 8, Academic Press, New York, 1963, p. 353-371.
2. Sugiyama, S., Yano, K., Komagata, K. and Arima, K. Metabolites of aromatic compounds by microbes. Part VII. Gentisic acid oxidase. Bull. Agric. Chem. Soc. Jpn 24 (1960) 243-248.
3. Sugiyama, S., Yano, K. and Arima, K. Metabolites of aromatic compounds by microbes. Part VII. Further studies of gentisic acid oxidase. Bull. Agric. Chem. Soc. Jpn 24 (1960) 249-254.