catechol 2,3-dioxygenase activity

Term ID

GO:0018577

Synonyms

• 2,3-pyrocatechase activity
• catechol 2,3-oxygenase
• catechol oxygenase
• catechol:oxygen 2,3-oxidoreductase (decyclizing)
• cato2ase activity
• metapyrocatechase activity
• pyrocatechol 2,3-dioxygenase

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: catechol + O2 = 2-hydroxymuconate semialdehyde.

References

• EC:1.13.11.2
• MetaCyc:CATECHOL-23-DIOXYGENASE-RXN
• RHEA:17337
• UM-BBD_enzymeID:r0307

Ontology

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