Reaction: [2-(trimethylamino)ethyl]phosphonate + 2-oxoglutarate + O2 = [(1R)-1-hydroxy-2-(trimethylamino)ethyl]phosphonate + succinate + CO2
Other name(s): tmpA (gene name)
Systematic name: [2-(trimethylamino)ethyl]phosphonate,2-oxoglutarate:oxygen oxidoreductase (1R-hydroxylating)
Comments: Requires Fe2+ and ascorbate. The enzyme, found in bacteria, participates in a degradation pathway for [2-(trimethylamino)ethyl]phosphonate.
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References:
1. Rajakovich, L.J., Pandelia, M.E., Mitchell, A.J., Chang, W.C., Zhang, B., Boal, A.K., Krebs, C. and Bollinger, J.M., Jr. A new microbial pathway for organophosphonate degradation catalyzed by two previously misannotated non-heme-iron oxygenases. Biochemistry 58 (2019) 1627-1647. [PMID: 30789718]