Conversion of (+/-)-synephrine into p-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde by Arthrobacter synephrinum. A novel enzymic reaction.
A partically purified enzyme from Arthrobacter synephrinum was found to catalyse the conversion of (+/-)-synphrine into p-hydroxyphrenylacetaldehyde and methylamine. The enzyme is highly specific for synephrine and is  distinctly different from monoamine oxidase.
D000447:Aldehydes / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D006836:Hydro-Lyases / Q000378:metabolism; D013578:Synephrine / Q000378:metabolism*
D000447:Aldehydes; D006836:Hydro-Lyases; D013578:Synephrine