Entry
Name
octopamine dehydratase;
octopamine hydrolyase;
octopamine hydro-lyase (deaminating)
Class
Lyases;
Carbon-oxygen lyases;
Hydro-lyases
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-aminoethanol hydro-lyase [deaminating; (4-hydroxyphenyl)acetaldehyde-forming]
Reaction(IUBMB)
1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-aminoethanol = (4-hydroxyphenyl)acetaldehyde + NH3 [RN:
R03358 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-aminoethanol [CPD:
C04227 ]
Product
Comment
The enzyme-catalysed reaction is believed to be dehydration to an enamine, which is spontaneously hydrolysed to an aldehyde and ammonia.
History
EC 4.2.1.87 created 1989
Reference
Authors
Cuskey SM, Peccoraro V, Olsen RH.
Title
Initial catabolism of aromatic biogenic amines by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO: pathway description, mapping of mutations, and cloning of essential genes.
Journal
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 4.2.1.87
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 4.2.1.87
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