alkylglycerol monooxygenase | |||||||
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Identifiers | |||||||
EC number | 1.14.16.5 | ||||||
CAS number | 37256-82-9 | ||||||
Databases | |||||||
IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||
BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||
ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||
Gene Ontology | AmiGO / EGO | ||||||
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Alkylglycerol monooxygenase (AGMO, ) (EC 1.14.16.5) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydroxylation of alkylglycerols, a specific subclass of ether lipids. This enzyme was first described in 1964 as a pteridine-dependent etherlipid cleaving enzyme.[1] In 2010 finally, the gene coding for alkylglycerol monooxygenase was discovered as transmembrane protein 195 (TMEM195) on chromosome 7.[2] In analogy to the enzymes phenylalanine hydroxylase, tyrosine hydroxylase, tryptophan hydroxylase and nitric oxide synthase, alkylglycerol monooxygenase critically depends on the cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin and iron.
The reaction catalyzed by alkylglycerol monooxygenase:
The unstable intermediate product 1-hydroxyalkyl-sn-glycerol rearranges into the fatty aldehyde and the free glycerol derivative. The fatty aldehyde is then further oxidized to the corresponding acid by fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase.
Alkylglycerol monooxygenase is a membrane-bound mixed-function oxidase and harbours a fatty acid hydroxylase motif. The iron is believed to be coordinated by a diiron center composed of eight histidines, which can be found in all enzymes containing this motif.
The systematic name for this enzyme is 1-alkyl-sn-glycerol,tetrahydrobiopterin:oxygen oxidoreductase. Other names in use are glyceryl-ether monooxygenase, glyceryl-ether cleaving enzyme, glyceryl ether oxygenase, glyceryl etherase, and O-alkylglycerol monooxygenase.