An iron protein. The enzyme catalyses oxidative cleavage of the interphenyl double bond in the synthetic substrate and lignin-derived stilbenes. It is responsible for the degradation of a diarylpropane-type structure in lignin.
History
EC 1.13.11.43 created 1992
Reference
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Authors
Kamoda, S., Habu, N., Samejima, M. and Yoshimoto, T.
Title
Purification and some properties of lignostilbene-alphabeta- dioxygenase responsible for the Calpha-Cbeta cleavage of a diarylpropane type lignin model-compound from Pseudomonas sp TMY1009.