Reaction: 4-hydroxybenzoate + phosphate = phenyl phosphate + CO2 + H2O
Other name(s): phenyl phosphate carboxylase
Systematic name: 4-hydroxybenzoate carboxy-lyase (phenyl phosphate-forming)
Comments: The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Thauera aromatica, participates in an anaerobic phenol degradation pathway. It catalyses the para dephosphorylation and carboxylation of phenylphosphate to 4-hydroxybenzoate. The enzyme from Thauera aromatica consists of four different subunits and requires K+ and a divalent metal cation (Mg2+ or Mn2+) for activity. It is strongly inhibited by oxygen.
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References:
1. Schuhle, K. and Fuchs, G. Phenylphosphate carboxylase: a new C-C lyase involved in anaerobic phenol metabolism in Thauera aromatica. J. Bacteriol. 186 (2004) 4556-4567. [PMID: 15231788]