Rubber oxygenase

UniProtKB accession:  Q3L8N0

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UniProtKB description:  Involved in the initial step of rubber degradation (PubMed:22950008, PubMed:15638519, PubMed:18606806). Catalyzes the oxidative C-C cleavage of poly(cis-1,4-isoprene) in synthetic as well as in natural rubber by the addition of oxygen (O2) to the double bonds, leading to a mixture of oligonucleotide-isoprenoids with terminal keto and aldehyde groups (endo-type cleavage) (PubMed:25819959, PubMed:24907333). The cleavage products are of different lengths, ranging from C20 (four isoprene units) to higher oligo-isoprenoids (PubMed:24907333). Is not able to cleave low-molecular-weight substrate analogs with isoprenoid structure such as squalene (1,4-trans-isoprenoid), carotenoids, or alpha-tocopherol (PubMed:24907333).