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Pyrimidine oxygenase

Pyrimidine oxygenase (, RutA) is an enzyme with systematic name ). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(1) uracil + FMNH<sub>2</sub> + O<sub>2</sub> (Z)-3-ureidoacrylate peracid + FMN
(2) thymine + FMNH<sub>2</sub> + O<sub>2</sub> (Z)-2-methylureidoacrylate peracid + FMN

In vitro the product (Z)-3-ureidoacrylate peracid is spontaneously reduced to ureidoacrylate.

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