7-Methylxanthine demethylase explained

7-Methylxanthine demethylase
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7-Methylxanthine demethylase is an enzyme with systematic name 7-methylxanthine:oxygen oxidoreductase (demethylating).[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

7-methylxanthine + O2 + NAD(P)H + H+

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xanthine + NAD(P)+ + H2O + formaldehyde

7-Methylxanthine demethylase is a non-heme iron oxygenase.

Notes and References

  1. Summers RM, Louie TM, Yu CL, Subramanian M . Characterization of a broad-specificity non-haem iron N-demethylase from Pseudomonas putida CBB5 capable of utilizing several purine alkaloids as sole carbon and nitrogen source . Microbiology . 157 . Pt 2 . 583–92 . February 2011 . 20966097 . 10.1099/mic.0.043612-0 . free .

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