title: Oxygenase properties of the (4-hydroxybenzoyl)methanol-cleavage enzyme from an Alcaligenes sp.
abstract: Studies using H2(18)O and 18O2 demonstrated that, in the cleavage of (4-hydroxybenzoyl)methanol to 4-hydroxybenzoic and formic acids by an enzyme from an Alicaligenes sp., oxygen is incorporated into both products from dioxygen and not from water. The enzyme is, therefore, an oxygenase.
mesh_terms: D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000201:enzymology*; D049308:Dioxygenases; D005561:Formates / Q000378:metabolism; D062385:Hydroxybenzoates / Q000378:metabolism; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010103:Oxygen Isotopes; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010226:Parabens
chemical_list: D005561:Formates; D062385:Hydroxybenzoates; D010103:Oxygen Isotopes; D010226:Parabens; C030544:formic acid; D010105:Oxygenases; C051325:(4-hydroxybenzoyl)methanol dioxygenase; D049308:Dioxygenases; C038193:4-hydroxybenzoic acid