IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 1.7.1.17

Accepted name: FMN-dependent NADH-azoreductase

Reaction: anthranilate + N,N-dimethyl-1,4-phenylenediamine + 2 NAD+ = 2-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)diazenylbenzoate + 2 NADH + 2 H+

Glossary: 2-(4-dimethylaminophenyl)diazenylbenzoate = methyl red

Other name(s): azoR (gene name); NADH-azoreductase

Systematic name: N,N-dimethyl-1,4-phenylenediamine, anthranilate:NAD+ oxidoreductase

Comments: Requires FMN. The enzyme catalyses the reductive cleavage of an azo bond in aromatic azo compounds to form the corresponding amines. Does not accept NADPH. cf. EC 1.7.1.6, azobenzene reductase.

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References:

1. Nakanishi, M., Yatome, C., Ishida, N. and Kitade, Y. Putative ACP phosphodiesterase gene (acpD) encodes an azoreductase. J. Biol. Chem. 276 (2001) 46394-46399. [PMID: 11583992]

2. Ito, K., Nakanishi, M., Lee, W.C., Sasaki, H., Zenno, S., Saigo, K., Kitade, Y. and Tanokura, M. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of AzoR (azoreductase) from Escherichia coli. Acta Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 61 (2005) 399-402. [PMID: 16511052]

3. Ito, K., Nakanishi, M., Lee, W.C., Zhi, Y., Sasaki, H., Zenno, S., Saigo, K., Kitade, Y. and Tanokura, M. Expansion of substrate specificity and catalytic mechanism of azoreductase by X-ray crystallography and site-directed mutagenesis. J. Biol. Chem. 283 (2008) 13889-13896. [PMID: 18337254]

4. Mercier, C., Chalansonnet, V., Orenga, S. and Gilbert, C. Characteristics of major Escherichia coli reductases involved in aerobic nitro and azo reduction. J. Appl. Microbiol. 115 (2013) 1012-1022. [PMID: 23795903]

[EC 1.7.1.17 created 2018]


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