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EC 1.14.13.179 Details
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1.14.13.179
Accepted name
methylxanthine N3-demethylase
Reaction
(1) theobromine + O2 + NAD(P)H + H+ = 7-methylxanthine + NAD(P)+ + H2O + formaldehyde;;(2) 3-methylxanthine + O2 + NAD(P)H + H+ = xanthine + NAD(P)+ + H2O + formaldehyde
Other name(s)
ndmB (gene name)
Systematic name
theobromine:oxygen oxidoreductase (N3-demethylating)
Comment
A non-heme iron oxygenase. The enzyme from the bacterium Pseudomonas putida shares an NAD(P)H-FMN reductase subunit with EC 1.14.13.178, methylxanthine N1-demethylase, and has higher activity with NADH than with NADPH [1]. Also demethylates caffeine and theophylline with lower efficiency. Forms part of the degradation pathway of methylxanthines.
History
created 2013
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1 Oxidoreductases
1.1 Acting on the CH-OH group of donors
1.14.13.45 created 1992, deleted 2003
