Reaction: 1-(6-hydroxypyridin-3-yl)-4-(methylamino)butan-1-one + acceptor + H2O = 1-(2,6-dihydroxypyridin-3-yl)-4-(methylamino)butan-1-one + reduced acceptor
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Glossary: 1-(6-hydroxypyridin-3-yl)-4-(methylamino)butan-1-one = 6-hydroxypseudooxynicotine
1-(2,6-dihydroxypyridin-3-yl)-4-(methylamino)butan-1-one = 2,6-dihydroxypseudooxynicotine
Systematic name: 1-(6-hydroxypyridin-3-yl)-4-(methylamino)butan-1-one:acceptor 6-oxidoreductase (hydroxylating)
Comments: Contains a cytidylyl molybdenum cofactor [3]. The enzyme, which participates in the nicotine degradation pathway, has been characterized from the soil bacterium Arthrobacter nicotinovorans [1,2].
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References:
1. Freudenberg, W., Konig, K. and Andreesen, J. R. Nicotine dehydrogenase from Arthrobacter oxidans: A molybdenum-containing hydroxylase. FEMS Microbiology Letters 52 (1988) 13-18.
2. Grether-Beck, S., Igloi, G.L., Pust, S., Schilz, E., Decker, K. and Brandsch, R. Structural analysis and molybdenum-dependent expression of the pAO1-encoded nicotine dehydrogenase genes of Arthrobacter nicotinovorans. Mol. Microbiol. 13 (1994) 929-936. [PMID: 7815950]
3. Sachelaru, P., Schiltz, E. and Brandsch, R. A functional mobA gene for molybdopterin cytosine dinucleotide cofactor biosynthesis is required for activity and holoenzyme assembly of the heterotrimeric nicotine dehydrogenases of Arthrobacter nicotinovorans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72 (2006) 5126-5131. [PMID: 16820521]