EC 1 - Oxidoreductases
EC 1.4 - Acting on the CH-NH2 group of donors
EC 1.4.3 - With oxygen as acceptor
EC 1.4.3.14 - L-lysine oxidase
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IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 1.4.3.14
Names
Accepted name:
L-lysine oxidase
Other
names:
L-lysine α-oxidase
L-lysyl-α-oxidase
L-lysyl-α-oxidase
Systematic name:
L-lysine:oxygen 2-oxidoreductase (deaminating)
Reaction
- L-lysine + O2 + H2O = 6-amino-2-oxohexanoate + NH3 + H2O2
Cofactor
Comments:
Also acts, more slowly, on L-ornithine, L-phenylalanine, L-arginine and L-histidine.
Links to other databases
Gene Ontology:
GO:0050029
CAS Registry Number:
70132-14-8
References
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A new antitumor enzyme, L-lysine α-oxidase from Trichoderma viride. Purification and enzymological properties.J. Biol. Chem. 255 : 976-981 (1980). [PMID: 6101334]
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L-Lysine α-oxidase: physicochemical and biological properties.Biochemistry (Moscow) 67 : 1152-1158 (2002). [PMID: 12460113]
[EC 1.4.3.14 created 1981]