Identification
Name:N-methyl-L-tryptophan oxidase
Synonyms:
  • MTOX
Gene Name:solA
Enzyme Class:Not Available
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in oxidoreductase activity
Specific Function:Catalyzes the oxidative demethylation of N-methyl-L- tryptophan. Can also use other N-methyl amino acids, including sarcosine, which, however, is a poor substrate
Cellular Location:Not Available
SMPDB Pathways:Not Available
KEGG Pathways:Not Available
EcoCyc Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
Complex Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
Metabolites:
ECMDB IDNameView
ECMDB01426FormaldehydeMetaboCard
ECMDB00123GlycineMetaboCard
ECMDB21232Hydrogen peroxideMetaboCard
ECMDB00929L-TryptophanMetaboCard
ECMDB21252N-MethyltryptophanMetaboCard
ECMDB04124OxygenMetaboCard
ECMDB00271SarcosineMetaboCard
ECMDB00494WaterMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Function
catalytic activity
oxidoreductase activity
Gene Properties
Blattner:b1059
Gene OrientationCounterclockwise
Centisome Percentage:24.11
Left Sequence End1118691
Right Sequence End1119809
Gene Sequence:
>1119 bp
ATGAGCCTGCCTTTTTTACGCACGCTGCAAGGCGATCGTTTTTTTCAGTTATTAATTCTT
GTTGGTATCGGATTAAGCTTTTTCGTGCCCTTTGCACCGAAATCCTGGCCTGCTGCTATC
GACTGGCACACCATCATCACCTTAAGCGGCCTGATGCTGCTGACCAAAGGTGTGGAGTTA
AGCGGTTATTTTGATGTGCTGGGGCGCAAAATGGTGCGCCGCTTTGCTACGGAGCGTCGG
CTGGCGATGTTTATGGTGCTGGCGGCGGCGCTGCTTTCTACCTTTCTGACCAACGATGTC
GCGCTGTTTATTGTTGTTCCGCTGACTATCACGCTAAAAAGACTGTGTGAGATCCCGGTT
AATCGGCTGATTATTTTTGAGGCGCTGGCAGTCAACGCTGGTTCGCTACTGACGCCAATT
GGCAACCCGCAAAATATTCTTATCTGGGGACGTTCTGGTCTTTCGTTTGCCGGATTTATT
GCCCAAATGGCACCGCTGGCTGGCGCAATGATGCTGACGCTCCTGCTCCTGTGCTGGTGT
TGTTTCCCTGGAAAGGCGATGCAATACCATACGGGGGTGCAAACACCGGAGTGGAAACCG
CGGCTGGTGTGGAGTTGTCTGGGGCTGTATATCGTCTTTCTGACGGCGCTGGAGTTCAAA
CAAGAGCTGTGGGGACTGGTGATTGTGGCGGCAGGCTTTGCGCTGCTGGCACGTCGCGTG
GTGCTCAGTGTGGACTGGACGCTGCTGCTGGTGTTTATGGCGATGTTTATCGACGTCCAT
TTACTGACCCAGCTTCCAGCGTTGCAAGGCGTGTTGGGTAACGTGAGTCATCTATCTGAA
CCCGGGTTATGGTTAACGGCAATCGGTTTATCGCAGGTGATCAGTAACGTGCCGAGTACC
ATATTGTTGCTGAACTATGTGCCGCCGTCTTTATTACTGGTATGGGCGGTAAACGTAGGT
GGCTTTGGGTTATTACCCGGATCGCTGGCAAATTTGATTGCGCTACGTATGGCGAACGAT
CGCCGCATCTGGTGGCGTTTCCATCTCTATTCAATACCGATGCTGTTGTGGGCGGCGTTG
GTGGGATATGTTTTGTTAGTTATACTCCCGGCCAACTAG
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:372
Protein Molecular Weight:40902
Protein Theoretical pI:5
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • None
Protein Sequence:
>N-methyl-L-tryptophan oxidase
MKYDLIIIGSGSVGAAAGYYATRAGLNVLMTDAHMPPHQHGSHHGDTRLIRHAYGEGEKY
VPLVLRAQTLWDELSRHNEEDPIFVRSGVINLGPADSTFLANVAHSAEQWQLNVEKLDAQ
GIMARWPEIRVPDNYIGLFETDSGFLRSELAIKTWIQLAKEAGCAQLFNCPVTAIRHDDD
GVTIETADGEYQAKKAIVCAGTWVKDLLPELPVQPVRKVFAWYQADGRYSVKNKFPAFTG
ELPNGDQYYGFPAENDALKIGKHNGGQVIHSADERVPFAEVASDGSEAFPFLRNVLPGIG
CCLYGAACTYDNSPDEDFIIDTLPGHDNTLLITGLSGHGFKFASVLGEIAADFAQDKKSD
FDLTPFRLSRFQ
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P40874
Uniprot Name:MTOX_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:4062385
Ecogene ID:EG12669
Ecocyc:EG12669
ColiBase:b1059
Kegg Gene:b1059
EchoBASE ID:EB2535
CCDB:MTOX_ECOLI
BacMap:16129022
General Reference:
  • Blattner, F. R., Plunkett, G. 3rd, Bloch, C. A., Perna, N. T., Burland, V., Riley, M., Collado-Vides, J., Glasner, J. D., Rode, C. K., Mayhew, G. F., Gregor, J., Davis, N. W., Kirkpatrick, H. A., Goeden, M. A., Rose, D. J., Mau, B., Shao, Y. (1997). "The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12." Science 277:1453-1462. Pubmed: 9278503
  • Hayashi, K., Morooka, N., Yamamoto, Y., Fujita, K., Isono, K., Choi, S., Ohtsubo, E., Baba, T., Wanner, B. L., Mori, H., Horiuchi, T. (2006). "Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 and W3110." Mol Syst Biol 2:2006.0007. Pubmed: 16738553
  • Ilari, A., Bonamore, A., Franceschini, S., Fiorillo, A., Boffi, A., Colotti, G. (2008). "The X-ray structure of N-methyltryptophan oxidase reveals the structural determinants of substrate specificity." Proteins 71:2065-2075. Pubmed: 18186483
  • Khanna, P., Schuman Jorns, M. (2001). "Characterization of the FAD-containing N-methyltryptophan oxidase from Escherichia coli." Biochemistry 40:1441-1450. Pubmed: 11170472
  • Khanna, P., Schuman Jorns, M. (2001). "N-methyltryptophan oxidase from Escherichia coli: reaction kinetics with N-methyl amino acid and carbinolamine substrates." Biochemistry 40:1451-1459. Pubmed: 11170473
  • Koyama, Y., Ohmori, H. (1996). "Nucleotide sequence of the Escherichia coli solA gene encoding a sarcosine oxidase-like protein and characterization of its product." Gene 181:179-183. Pubmed: 8973328
  • Oshima, T., Aiba, H., Baba, T., Fujita, K., Hayashi, K., Honjo, A., Ikemoto, K., Inada, T., Itoh, T., Kajihara, M., Kanai, K., Kashimoto, K., Kimura, S., Kitagawa, M., Makino, K., Masuda, S., Miki, T., Mizobuchi, K., Mori, H., Motomura, K., Nakamura, Y., Nashimoto, H., Nishio, Y., Saito, N., Horiuchi, T., et, a. l. .. (1996). "A 718-kb DNA sequence of the Escherichia coli K-12 genome corresponding to the 12.7-28.0 min region on the linkage map." DNA Res 3:137-155. Pubmed: 8905232
  • Wagner, M. A., Khanna, P., Jorns, M. S. (1999). "Structure of the flavocoenzyme of two homologous amine oxidases: monomeric sarcosine oxidase and N-methyltryptophan oxidase." Biochemistry 38:5588-5595. Pubmed: 10220347