2-amino-4-hydroxypteridine + O₂ $rightleftharpoons$ 2-amino-4,7-dihydroxypteridine + (?)

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are 2-amino-4-hydroxypteridine and O₂, whereas its product is 2-amino-4,7-dihydroxypteridine.

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on CH or CH2 group with oxygen as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 2-amino-4-hydroxypteridine:oxygen oxidoreductase (7-hydroxylating).

References

• Yong Y-N "Detection of a pteridine oxidase in plants". Plant Sci. Lett. 18 169–175.

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The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is .

Gene Ontology (GO) codes