Incorporation of [18O]water in the formation of p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol by the p-cresol methylhydroxylase from Pseudomonas putida

Chemistry Cresols 0303 health sciences 03 medical and health sciences Chemical Phenomena Pseudomonas Benzyl Compounds Water Benzyl Alcohols Mixed Function Oxygenases 3. Good health
DOI: 10.1042/bj1750345 Publication Date: 2015-08-10T20:13:23Z
ABSTRACT
In the hydroxylation of the methyl group of p-cresol by an enzyme from Pseudomonas putida the oxygen atom is derived from water. Although a second reaction by the same enzyme converts the product, p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol, into the aldehyde, the alcohol is an enzyme-free intermediate.
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