Oxidoreductases;
Acting on single donors with incorporation of molecular oxygen (oxygenases);
With incorporation of one atom of oxygen (internal monooxygenases or internal mixed-function oxidases)
This enzyme is one of the three enzymes involved in L-dopa (3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine) catabolism in the non-oxygenic phototrophic bacterium Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus OU5 (and not Rhodobacter sphaeroides OU5 as had been thought [1]), the other two being EC 4.3.1.22 (dihydroxyphenylalanine reductive deaminase) and EC 2.6.1.49 (3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine transaminase). In addition to L-dopa, the enzyme can also use L-tyrosine, L-phenylalanine, L-tryptophan and glutamate as substrate, but more slowly. The enzyme is inhibited by NADH and 2-oxoglutarate.
Enzymatic reactions [BR:br08201]
1. Oxidoreductase reactions
1.13 Acting on single donors with incorporation of molecular oxygen (oxygenases)
1.13.12 With incorporation of one atom of oxygen (internal monooxygenases or internal mixed-function oxidases)
1.13.12.15
R08920 2 3,4-Dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine + Oxygen <=> 2 3-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)pyruvate + 2 Ammonia