Medical Definition of Vanillate O-demethylase
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Converts vanillate (3-methoxy-4-hydroxybenzoate) to protocatechuate (3,4-dihydroxybenzoate); enzyme may be related structurally to ferredoxins; demethylates lignin-derived methoxyphenolics such as syringic or hydroxyvanillic acids to the corresponding phenolic products
Registry number: EC 1.14.13.-
Synonym: vanillate demethylase, clostridium thermoaceticum o-demethylase, syringate demethylase
(26 Jun 1999)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Vanillate O-demethylase
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