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EC 1.17.5.2 Details
EC number
1.17.5.2
Accepted name
caffeine dehydrogenase
Reaction
caffeine + ubiquinone + H2O = 1,3,7-trimethylurate + ubiquinol
Systematic name
caffeine:ubiquinone oxidoreductase
Comment
This enzyme, characterized from the soil bacterium Pseudomonas sp. CBB1, catalyses the incorporation of an oxygen atom originating from a water molecule into position C-8 of caffeine. The enzyme utilizes short-tail ubiquinones as the preferred electron acceptor.
History
created 2010
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