Enzyme Details

EC Classification

1.10.3.1

Enzyme name
(recommended)

catechol oxidase

Alternative names

1,2-benzenediol:oxygen oxidoreductase
diphenol oxidase
o-diphenolase
phenolase
polyphenol oxidase
tyrosinase
pyrocatechol oxidase
Dopa oxidase
catecholase
o-diphenol:oxygen oxidoreductase
o-diphenol oxidoreductase

Classification

Oxidoreductases

Acting on diphenols and related substances as donors

With oxygen as acceptor

Catalyses reactions

2 L-Tyrosine + O2 <-> 2 L-Dopa

O2 + 2 L-Dopa <-> 2 H2O + 2 Dopaquinone

O2 + 2 Catechol <-> 2 H2O + 2 1,4-Benzoquinone

O2 + 2 Caffeoyl quinic acid <-> 2 H2O + 2 Caffeoyl quinic acid o-quinone

O2 + Catechol <-> 2 H2O + Oxidized donor

O2 + Hydroquinone <-> 2 H2O + Oxidized donor

O2 + Guaiacol <-> 2 H2O + Oxidized guaiacol

O2 + Syringaldazine <-> 2 H2O + Oxidized syringaldazine

O2 + 2 Dopamine <-> 2 H2O + 2 Dopamine quinone

O2 + 2 Catechol <-> 2 H2O + 2 1,2-Benzoquinone

O2 + 2 2,6-Dimethoxyphenol <-> 2 H2O + Cerulignone

O2 + L-Dopa <-> H2O + L-Dopachrome

O2 + 2 Potassium ferrocyanide <-> 2 H2O + 2 Potassium ferricyanide

O2 + 2,2'-Azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) <-> 2 H2O + Oxidized 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)

O2 + Chlorogenate <-> 2 H2O + Oxidized chlorogenic acid

O2 + 2 4-Methylcatechol <-> 2 H2O + 2 4-Methyl-o-benzoquinone

O2 + 1,2,3-Trihydroxybenzene <-> 2 H2O + Oxidized pyrogallol

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