N-alkylglycine oxidase explained

N-alkylglycine oxidase
Ec Number:	1.5.3.20

N-alkylglycine oxidase (N-carboxymethylalkylamine:oxygen oxidoreductase (decarboxymethylating)) is an enzyme with systematic name N-alkylglycine:oxygen oxidoreductase (alkylamine forming).^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

N-alkylglycine + H₂O + O₂

\rightleftharpoons alkylamine + glyoxalate + H₂O₂

Isolated from the mold Cladosporium sp. G-10.

Notes and References

1. Gomi K, Horiuchi T . Purification and characterization of a new enzyme, N-alkylglycine oxidase from Cladosporium sp. G-10 . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology . 1429 . 2 . 439–45 . January 1999 . 9989229 . 10.1016/s0167-4838(98)00255-6 .