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EC 1.1.1.328 Details
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1.1.1.328
Accepted name
nicotine blue oxidoreductase
Reaction
3,3′-bipyridine-2,2′,5,5′,6,6′-hexol + NAD(P)+ = (E)-2,2′,5,5′-tetrahydroxy-6H,6′H-[3,3′-bipyridinylidene]-6,6′-dione + NAD(P)H + H+
Other name(s)
nboR (gene name)
Systematic name
3,3′-bipyridine-2,2′,5,5′,6,6′-hexol:NADP+ 11-oxidoreductase
Comment
The enzyme, characterized from the nicotine degrading bacterium Arthrobacter nicotinovorans, catalyses the reduction of "nicotine blue" to its hydroquinone form (the opposite direction from that shown). Nicotine blue is the name given to the compound formed by the autocatalytic condensation of two molecules of 2,3,6-trihydroxypyridine, an intermediate in the nicotine degradation pathway. The main role of the enzyme may be to prevent the intracellular formation of nicotine blue semiquinone radicals, which by redox cycling would lead to the formation of toxic reactive oxygen species. The enzyme possesses a slight preference for NADH over NADPH.
History
created 2012
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1 Oxidoreductases
1.1.1.70 created 1965, deleted 1978 1.1.1.74 created 1972, deleted 1976 1.1.1.89 created 1972, deleted 1976 1.1.1.109 created 1972, deleted 1976 1.1.1.139 created 1972, deleted 1978 1.1.1.155 created 1976, deleted 2004 1.1.1.171 created 1978, deleted 1984 1.1.1.180 created 1983, deleted 1984 1.1.1.182 created 1983, deleted 1990 1.1.1.204 created 1972 as EC 1.2.1.37, transferred 1984 to EC 1.1.1.204, modified 1989, deleted 2004 1.1.1.242 created 1992, deleted 2001 1.1.1.253 created 1999, deleted 2003
1.1.2 With a cytochrome as acceptor
