Vanillyl-alcohol oxidase

In enzymology, a vanillyl-alcohol oxidase (EC number|1.1.3.38) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

:vanillyl alcohol + O₂ $ightleftharpoons$ vanillin + H₂O₂

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are vanillyl alcohol and O₂, whereas its two products are vanillin and H₂O₂.

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the CH-OH group of donor with oxygen as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is vanillyl alcohol:oxygen oxidoreductase. This enzyme is also called 4-hydroxy-2-methoxybenzyl alcohol oxidase. This enzyme participates in 2,4-dichlorobenzoate degradation. It employs one cofactor, FAD.

tructural studies

As of late 2007, 3 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes PDB link|1DZN, PDB link|1E0Y, and PDB link|1E8G.

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External links

::"The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is CAS registry|143929-24-2."

Gene Ontology (GO) codes