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EC 1.13.11.26     
Accepted name: peptide-tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase
Reaction: [protein]-L-tryptophan + O2 = [protein]-N-formyl-L-kynurenine
Glossary: N-formyl-L-kynurenine = (2S)-2-amino-4-[2-(formamido)phenyl]-4-oxobutanoic acid
Other name(s): pyrrolooxygenase; peptidyltryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase; tryptophan pyrrolooxygenase; [protein]-L-tryptophan:oxygen 2,3-oxidoreductase (decyclizing)
Systematic name: [protein]-L-tryptophan:oxygen 2,3-oxidoreductase (ring-opening)
Comments: Also acts on tryptophan.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 37256-64-7
References:
1.  Frydman, R.B., Tomaro, M.L. and Frydman, B. Pyrrolooxygenase: its action on tryptophan-containing enzymes and peptides. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 284 (1972) 80–89. [DOI] [PMID: 4403729]
2.  Camoretti-Mercado, B. and Frydman, R.B. Separation of tryptophan pyrrolooxygenase into three molecular forms. A study of their substrate specificities using tryptophyl-containing peptides and proteins. Eur. J. Biochem. 156 (1986) 317–325. [DOI] [PMID: 3699018]
[EC 1.13.11.26 created 1972, modified 2011]
 
 


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