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EC 1.17.9.1 Details
EC number
1.17.9.1
Accepted name
4-methylphenol dehydrogenase (hydroxylating)
Reaction
4-methylphenol + 4 oxidized azurin + H2O = 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde + 4 reduced azurin + 4 H+ (overall reaction);;(1a) 4-methylphenol + 2 oxidized azurin + H2O = 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol + 2 reduced azurin + 2 H+;;(1b) 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol + 2 oxidized azurin = 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde + 2 reduced azurin + 2 H+
Other name(s)
pchCF (gene names), p-cresol-(acceptor) oxidoreductase (hydroxylating), p-cresol methylhydroxylase, 4-cresol dehydrogenase (hydroxylating)
Systematic name
4-methylphenol:oxidized azurin oxidoreductase (methyl-hydroxylating)
CAS registry number
66772-07-4
Comment
This bacterial enzyme contains a flavin (FAD) subunit and a cytochrome c subunit. The flavin subunit abstracts two hydrogen atoms from the substrate, forming a quinone methide intermediate, then hydrates the latter at the benzylic carbon with a hydroxyl group derived from water. The protons are lost to the bulk solvent, while the electrons are passed to the heme on the cytochrome subunit, and from there to azurin, a small copper-binding protein that is co-localized with the enzyme in the periplasm. The first hydroxylation forms 4-hydroxybenzyl alcohol; a second hydroxylation converts this into 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde.
History
created 1983 as EC 1.17.99.1, modified 2001, modified 2011, modified 2015, transferred 2018 to EC 1.17.9.1
EC Tree
1.2.1.1 created 1961, modified 1982, modified 2002, deleted 2005
1.2.1.6 created 1961, deleted 1965
1.2.1.14 created 1961, deleted 1984
1.2.1.34 created 1972, deleted 1983 [transferred to EC 1.1.1.180, deleted 1984]
1.2.1.35 created 1972, deleted 1984
1.2.1.37 created 1972, deleted 1984
1.2.1.55 created 1990, deleted 2003
1.2.1.56 created 1990, deleted 2003