Stizolobinate synthase

Stizolobinate synthase
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EC no.1.13.11.30
CAS no.65979-38-6
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Stizolobinate synthase (EC 1.13.11.30) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

 
O2
 
 
 
 
5-(L-alanin-3-yl)-2-hydroxy-cis,cis-muconate 6-semialdehyde

The two substrates of this enzyme are L-DOPA and oxygen. Its initial product is 5-(L-alanin-3-yl)-2-hydroxy-cis,cis-muconate 6-semialdehyde.[1]

The intermediate readily cyclises and further oxidises, forming a 2-pyrone ring; this is stizolobinic acid, which is the product that is isolated and after which this enzyme is named.[2][3]

intermediate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
stizolobinic acid
 

The oxidation step uses oxidised nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide as a cofactor and the enzyme also requires zinc. It belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on single donors with O2 as oxidant and incorporation of two atoms of oxygen into the substrate (oxygenases). The oxygen incorporated need not be derived from O2. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine:oxygen 4,5-oxidoreductase (recyclizing). It participates in tyrosine metabolism.[1]

A separate enzyme, stizolobate synthase also present in higher plants cleaves L-DOPA in a way which produces the isomeric compound, stizolobic acid.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Enzyme 1.13.11.30 at KEGG Pathway Database.
  2. ^ Saito K, Komamine A (1976). "Biosynthesis of stizolobinic acid and stizolobic acid in higher plants. An enzyme system(s) catalyzing the conversion of dihydroxyphenylalanine into stizolobinic acid and stizolobic acid from etiolated seedlings of Stizolobium hassjoo". Eur. J. Biochem. 68 (1): 237–43. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1976.tb10783.x. PMID 9285.
  3. ^ a b Saito K, Komamine A (1978). "Biosynthesis of stizolobinic acid and stizolobic acid in higher plants". Eur. J. Biochem. 82 (2): 385–92. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1978.tb12033.x. PMID 624278.