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MeSH Heading: Catechol Oxidase
Tree Number(s): D08.811.682.690.708.125
Unique ID: D004156
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004156
Scope Note: An enzyme of the oxidoreductase class that catalyzes the reaction between catechol and oxygen to yield benzoquinone and water. It is a complex of copper-containing proteins that acts also on a variety of substituted catechols. EC 1.10.3.1.
Entry Term(s): Diphenol Oxidase; Diphenol Oxidases; Polyphenol Oxidase; Polyphenoloxidase
CAS Type 1 Name: 1,2-Benzenediol:oxygen oxidoreductase
Previous Indexing: Oxidoreductases (1966-1967); Tyrosine Decarboxylase (1966-1967)
Public MeSH Note: 92; was DIPHENOL OXIDASES 1968-91
Online Note: use CATECHOL OXIDASE to search DIPHENOL OXIDASES 1968-91
History Note: 92; was DIPHENOL OXIDASES 1968-91
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2004/07/07

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Enzymes and Coenzymes [D08]
- Enzymes [D08.811]
  - Oxidoreductases [D08.811.682]
    - Oxygenases [D08.811.682.690]
      - Mixed Function Oxygenases [D08.811.682.690.708]
        
        Benzoate 4-Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.062]
        
        Catechol Oxidase [D08.811.682.690.708.125]
        
        Monophenol Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.125.500]
        
        Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System [D08.811.682.690.708.170]
        
        Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase [D08.811.682.690.708.292]
        
        Fatty Acid Desaturases [D08.811.682.690.708.392]
        
        gamma-Butyrobetaine Dioxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.401]
        
        Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) [D08.811.682.690.708.410]
        
        4-Hydroxybenzoate-3-Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.425]
        
        Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.557]
        
        Phenylalanine Hydroxylase [D08.811.682.690.708.601]
        
        Procollagen-Lysine, 2-Oxoglutarate 5-Dioxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.660]
        
        Prolyl Hydroxylases [D08.811.682.690.708.694]
        
        Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases [D08.811.682.690.708.715]
        
        Squalene Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.749]
        
        Trans-Cinnamate 4-Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.826]
        
        Tryptophan Hydroxylase [D08.811.682.690.708.870]
        
        Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase [D08.811.682.690.708.923]
        
        Vitamin K Epoxide Reductases [D08.811.682.690.708.961]

Catechol Oxidase Preferred

Concept UI: M0006511
Scope Note: An enzyme of the oxidoreductase class that catalyzes the reaction between catechol and oxygen to yield benzoquinone and water. It is a complex of copper-containing proteins that acts also on a variety of substituted catechols. EC 1.10.3.1.
Terms: Catechol Oxidase Preferred Term
Term UI T012639
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1968); Diphenol Oxidase
Term UI T012636
Date03/14/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Diphenol Oxidases
Term UI T012637
Date03/14/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Polyphenoloxidase
Term UI T012638
Date03/14/1991
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Polyphenol Oxidase
Term UI T012640
Date09/01/1983
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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