Reaction: (2-amino-1-hydroxyethyl)phosphonate + O2 = glycine + phosphate
Other name(s): phnZ (gene name)
Systematic name: 2-amino-1-hydroxyethylphosphonate:oxygen 1-oxidoreductase (glycine-forming)
Comments: Requires Fe2+. The enzyme, characterized from a marine bacterium, is involved in a 2-aminoethylphosphonate degradation pathway.
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References:
1. McSorley, F.R., Wyatt, P.B., Martinez, A., DeLong, E.F., Hove-Jensen, B. and Zechel, D.L. PhnY and PhnZ comprise a new oxidative pathway for enzymatic cleavage of a carbon-phosphorus bond. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134 (2012) 8364-8367. [PMID: 22564006]
2. Worsdorfer, B., Lingaraju, M., Yennawar, N.H., Boal, A.K., Krebs, C., Bollinger, J.M., Jr. and Pandelia, M.E. Organophosphonate-degrading PhnZ reveals an emerging family of HD domain mixed-valent diiron oxygenases. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110 (2013) 18874-18879. [PMID: 24198335]