ENTRY       EC 1.11.1.14
NAME        Diarylpropane peroxidase
            Diarylpropane oxygenase
            Ligninase I
CLASS       Oxidoreductases
            Acting on a peroxide as acceptor
SYSNAME     Diarylpropane:oxygen,hydrogen-peroxide oxidoreductase
            $ (C-C-bond-cleaving)
REACTION    1,2-Bis(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)propane-1,3-diol + H2O2 =
            Veratraldehyde + 1-(3,4-Dimethylphenyl)ethane-1,2-diol + 4 H2O
SUBSTRATE   1,2-Bis(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)propane-1,3-diol
            H2O2
PRODUCT     Veratraldehyde
            1-(3,4-Dimethylphenyl)ethane-1,2-diol
            H2O
COFACTOR    Heme
COMMENT     A hemoprotein. Brings about the oxidative cleavate of C-C bonds
            in a number of model compounds, and oxidizes benzyl alcohols to
            aldehydes or ketones. Involved in the oxidative breakdown of
            lignin in white rot basidiomycetes.
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 1.11.1.14
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 1.11.1.14
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