2-Formylbenzoate dehydrogenase

2-Formylbenzoate dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.78, 2-carboxybenzaldehyde dehydrogenase, 2CBAL dehydrogenase, PhdK) is an enzyme with systematic name 2-formylbenzoate:NAD⁺ oxidoreductase.^[1][2] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

2-formylbenzoate + NAD⁺ + H₂O ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ o-phthalic acid + NADH + H⁺

2-Formylbenzoate dehydrogenase
Identifiers
EC no.	1.2.1.78
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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The enzyme is involved in phenanthrene degradation.