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dioxygenase

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dioxygenase [dī′äk·sə·jə‚nās]
(biochemistry)
Any of a group of enzymes which catalyze the insertion of both atoms of an oxygen molecule into an organic substrate according to the generalized formula AH2+ O2→A(OH)2.


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Cysteine dioxygenase (CDO1) produces cysteine sulfinic acid (CSA) from cystiene.
In more deep look monooxygenase is responsible for the monohydroxylation of phenol aromatic ring at position ortho to the pre-existing hydroxyle group result in catechol which catalyzed by specific dioxygenase between the tow hydroxyl groups initiating the ortho-pathway that leads to succinyle-CoA and acetyl-CoA as in Acinitobacter spp.
0159) and 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase and [alpha]-amylase were also up-regulated (1.
 
 
 
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