Methylamine dehydrogenase (amicyanin) (original) (raw)

Methylamine dehydrogenase (amicyanin) (EC 1.4.9.1, amine dehydrogenase, primary-amine dehydrogenase) is an enzyme with systematic name methylamine:amicyanin oxidoreductase (deaminating). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction: methylamine + H2O + amicyanin formaldehyde + ammonia + reduced amicyanin This enzyme contains tryptophan tryptophylquinone (TTQ) co-factor.