Reaction: catechol + O2 = 2-hydroxymuconate semialdehyde
Other name(s): 2,3-pyrocatechase; catechol 2,3-oxygenase; catechol oxygenase; metapyrocatechase; pyrocatechol 2,3-dioxygenase
Systematic name: catechol:oxygen 2,3-oxidoreductase (decyclizing)
Comments: Requires FeII. Formerly EC 1.13.1.2. The enzyme from Alcaligenes sp. strain O-1 has also been shown to catalyse the reaction: 2,3-dihydroxybenzenesulfonate + O2 + H2O = 2-hydroxymuconate + bisulfite and has been referred to as 2,3-dihydroxybenzenesulfonate 2,3-dioxygenase. Further work will be necessary to show whether or not this is a distinct enzyme.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, UM-BBD, PDB, CAS registry number: 9029-46-3
References:
1. Junker, F., Field, J.A., Bangerter, F., Ramsteiner, K., Kohler, H.-P., Joannou, C.L., Mason, J.R., Leisinger, T. and Cook, A.M. Dioxygenation and spontaneous deamination of 2-aminobenzene sulphonic acid in Alcaligenes sp. strain O-1 with subsequent meta ring cleavage and spontaneous desulphonation to 2-hydroxymuconic acid. Biochem. J. 300 (1994) 429-436. [PMID: 8002948]
2. Junker, F., Leisinger, T. and Cook, A.M. 3-Sulphocatechol dioxygenase and other dioxygenases (EC 1.13.11.2 catechol 2,3-dioxygenase and EC 1.14.12.-) in the degradative pathways of 2-aminobenzenesulphonic, benzenesulphonic and 4-toluenesulphonic acids in Alcaligenes sp. strain O-1. J. Gen. Microbiol. 140 (1994) 1713-1722. [PMID: 8075807]
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4. Kojima, Y., Itada, N. and Hayaishi, O. Metapyrocatechase: a new catechol-cleaving enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 236 (1961) 2223-2228.
5. Nozaki, M., Kagamiyama, H. and Hayaishi, O. Metapyrocatechase. I. Purification, crystallization and some properties. Biochem. Z. 338 (1963) 582-590.