Reaction: an ornithine lipid + 2-oxoglutarate + O2 = a 2-hydroxyornithine lipid + succinate + CO2
Glossary: an ornithine lipid = an Nα-[(3R)-3-(acyloxy)acyl]-L-ornithine
a 2-hydroxyornithine lipid = an Nα-[(3R)-3-(2-hydroxyacyloxy)acyl]-L-ornithine
Other name(s): olsC (gene name)
Systematic name: ornithine lipid,2-oxoglutarate:oxygen oxidoreductase (ester-linked acyl 2-hydroxylase)
Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Rhizobium tropici, catalyses the hydroxylation of C-2 of the fatty acyl group that is ester-linked to the 3-hydroxy position of the amide-linked fatty acid.
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References:
1. Rojas-Jimenez, K., Sohlenkamp, C., Geiger, O., Martinez-Romero, E., Werner, D. and Vinuesa, P. A ClC chloride channel homolog and ornithine-containing membrane lipids of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 are involved in symbiotic efficiency and acid tolerance. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 18 (2005) 1175-1185. [PMID: 16353552]
2. Vences-Guzman, M.A., Guan, Z., Ormeno-Orrillo, E., Gonzalez-Silva, N., Lopez-Lara, I.M., Martinez-Romero, E., Geiger, O. and Sohlenkamp, C. Hydroxylated ornithine lipids increase stress tolerance in Rhizobium tropici CIAT899. Mol. Microbiol. 79 (2011) 1496-1514. [PMID: 21205018]