Reaction: glycine betaine + NADH + H+ + O2 = N,N-dimethylglycine + formaldehyde + NAD+ + H2O
Other name(s): glycine betaine dioxygenase (incorrect); bmoAB (gene names); gbcAB (gene names)
Systematic name: glycine betaine,NADH:oxygen oxidoreductase (demethylating)
Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Chromohalobacter salexigens, is involved in a degradation pathway of glycine betaine. It is composed of two subunits - a ferredoxin reductase component that contains FAD, and a terminal oxygenase component that contains a [2Fe-2S] Rieske-type iron-sulfur cluster and a nonheme iron centre.
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References:
1. Wargo, M.J., Szwergold, B.S. and Hogan, D.A. Identification of two gene clusters and a transcriptional regulator required for Pseudomonas aeruginosa glycine betaine catabolism. J. Bacteriol. 190 (2008) 2690-2699. [PMID: 17951379]
2. Li, S., Yu, X. and Beattie, G.A. Glycine betaine catabolism contributes to Pseudomonas syringae tolerance to hyperosmotic stress by relieving betaine-mediated suppression of compatible solute synthesis. J. Bacteriol. 195 (2013) 2415-2423. [PMID: 23524610]
3. Shao, Y.H., Guo, L.Z., Zhang, Y.Q., Yu, H., Zhao, B.S., Pang, H.Q. and Lu, W.D. Glycine betaine monooxygenase, an unusual Rieske-type oxygenase system, catalyzes the oxidative N-demethylation of glycine betaine in Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 84 (2018) . [PMID: 29703733]