EC 1 - Oxidoreductases
EC 1.5 - Acting on the CH-NH group of donors
EC 1.5.3 - With oxygen as acceptor
EC 1.5.3.2 - N-methyl-L-amino-acid oxidase
IntEnz view
ENZYME view
IntEnz Enzyme Nomenclature
EC 1.5.3.2
Names
Accepted name:
N-methyl-L-amino-acid oxidase
Other
names:
N-methylamino acid oxidase
demethylase
demethylase
Systematic name:
N-methyl-L-amino-acid:oxygen oxidoreductase (demethylating)
Reaction
- an N-methyl-L-amino acid + H2O + O2 = an L-amino acid + formaldehyde + H2O2
Cofactor
Comments:
A flavoprotein.
Links to other databases
Enzymes and pathways:
NC-IUBMB
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BRENDA
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ERGO
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ExplorEnz
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ENZYME@ExPASy
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KEGG
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MetaCyc
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UniPathway
Gene Ontology:
GO:0050131
CAS Registry Number:
9029-23-6
References
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Demethylase. IV. Kinetics and reaction mechanism.Hukuoka Acta Med. 43 : 651-658 (1952).
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Demethylase. V. Specificity and its relation to amino acid oxidase.Hukuoka Acta Med. 43 : 731-735 (1952).
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Specificity of rabbit kidney demethylase.J. Biol. Chem. 209 : 485-492 (1954).
[EC 1.5.3.2 created 1961]