Biology:DNA oxidative demethylase

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DNA oxidative demethylase
Identifiers
EC number1.14.11.33
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DNA oxidative demethylase (EC 1.14.11.33, alkylated DNA repair protein, alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase ABH1, alkB (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name methyl DNA-base, 2-oxoglutarate:oxygen oxidoreductase (formaldehyde-forming).[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

DNA-base-CH3 + 2-oxoglutarate + O2 [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] DNA-base + formaldehyde + succinate + CO2

DNA oxidative demethylase contains iron; activity is somewhat stimulated by ascorbate.

References

  1. "AlkB-mediated oxidative demethylation reverses DNA damage in Escherichia coli". Nature 419 (6903): 178–82. September 2002. doi:10.1038/nature01048. PMID 12226668. Bibcode2002Natur.419..178F. 
  2. "A non-heme iron-mediated chemical demethylation in DNA and RNA". Accounts of Chemical Research 42 (4): 519–29. April 2009. doi:10.1021/ar800178j. PMID 19852088. 
  3. "Iron-catalysed oxidation intermediates captured in a DNA repair dioxygenase". Nature 468 (7321): 330–3. November 2010. doi:10.1038/nature09497. PMID 21068844. Bibcode2010Natur.468..330Y. 

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