Reaction: (hydroxymethyl)phosphonate + O2 = formate + phosphate
Other name(s): phnZ1 (gene name)
Systematic name: hydroxymethylphosphonate:oxygen 1-oxidoreductase (formate-forming)
Comments: Requires iron(II). The enzyme, characterized from the marine bacterium Gimesia maris, participates in a methylphosphonate degradation pathway. It also has the activity of EC 1.13.11.78, (2-amino-1-hydroxyethyl)phosphonate dioxygenase (glycine-forming).
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References:
1. Gama, S.R., Vogt, M., Kalina, T., Hupp, K., Hammerschmidt, F., Pallitsch, K. and Zechel, D.L. An oxidative pathway for microbial utilization of methylphosphonic acid as a phosphate source. ACS Chem. Biol. 14 (2019) 735-741. [PMID: 30810303]