Oxidoreductases;
Acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen;
With reduced flavin or flavoprotein as one donor, and incorporation of one atom of oxygen into the other donor
A cytochrome P-450 (heme-thiolate) protein from the plant Arabidopsis thaliana. This enzyme catalyses two successive N-hydroxylations of L-tryptophan, the first steps in the biosynthesis of both auxin and the indole alkaloid phytoalexin camalexin. The product of the two hydroxylations, N,N-dihydroxy-L-tryptophan, is extremely labile and dehydrates spontaneously. The dehydrated product is then subject to a decarboxylation that produces an oxime. It is still not known whether the decarboxylation is spontaneous or catalysed by the enzyme.
History
EC 1.14.14.156 created 2011 as EC 1.14.13.125, transferred 2018 to EC 1.14.14.156
Cytochrome P450 CYP79B2 from Arabidopsis catalyzes the conversion of tryptophan to indole-3-acetaldoxime, a precursor of indole glucosinolates and indole-3-acetic acid.