3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine oxidative deaminase

3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine oxidative deaminase (EC 1.13.12.15, 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine: oxidative deaminase, oxidative deaminase, DOPA oxidative deaminase, DOPAODA) is an enzyme with systematic name 3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine:oxygen oxidoreductase (deaminating).^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

2 L-dopa + O₂ ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ 2 3,4-dihydroxyphenylpyruvate + 2 NH₃

3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine oxidative deaminase
Identifiers
EC no.	1.13.12.15
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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This enzyme is one of the three enzymes involved in L-dopa (3,4-dihydroxy-L-phenylalanine) catabolism in the bacterium Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus.