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EC 1.14.15.2 Details
EC number
1.14.15.2
Accepted name
camphor 1,2-monooxygenase
Reaction
(+)-bornane-2,5-dione + reduced rubredoxin + O2 = 5-oxo-1,2-campholide + oxidized rubredoxin + H2O
Other name(s)
2,5-diketocamphane lactonizing enzyme,
camphor ketolactonase I,
ketolactonase I
Systematic name
(+)-camphor,reduced-rubredoxin:oxygen oxidoreductase (1,2-lactonizing)
CAS registry number
37256-81-8
Comment
A flavoprotein which requires Fe2+. Isolated from Pseudomonas putida. The product is spontaneously converted to [(1R)-5-oxo-2,2,3-trimethylcyclopent-3-enyl]acetate. The enzyme slowly oxidized (-)-camphor.
History
created 1972, deleted 2012
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