Reaction: (S)-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetate + a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine + O2 = (S)-4-hydroxymandelate + a 4a-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridine
Glossary: (S)-4-hydroxymandelate = (S)-2-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetate
Other name(s): L-mandelate 4-hydroxylase; mandelic acid 4-hydroxylase
Systematic name: (S)-2-hydroxy-2-phenylacetate,tetrahydropteridine:oxygen oxidoreductase (4-hydroxylating)
Comments: Requires Fe2+. The enzyme has been characterized from the bacterium Pseudomonas putida. The 4a-hydroxytetrahydropteridine formed can dehydrate to 6,7-dihydropteridine, both spontaneously and by the action of EC 4.2.1.96, 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin dehydratase. The 6,7-dihydropteridine must be enzymically reduced back to tetrahydropteridine, by EC 1.5.1.34, 6,7-dihydropteridine reductase, before it slowly rearranges into the more stable but inactive compound 7,8-dihydropteridine.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 39459-82-0
References:
1. Bhat, S.G. and Vaidyanathan, C.S. Purifications and properties of L-mandelate-4-hydroxylase from Pseudomonas convexa. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 176 (1976) 314-323. [PMID: 9909]