ID   1.14.13.212
DE   1,3,7-trimethyluric acid 5-monooxygenase.
CA   1,3,7-trimethylurate + NADH + O2 + H(+) = 1,3,7-trimethyl-5-
CA   hydroxyisourate + NAD(+) + H2O.
CC   -!- The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Pseudomonas sp. CBB1,
CC       is part of the bacterial C-8 oxidation-based caffeine degradation
CC       pathway.
CC   -!- The product decomposes spontaneously to a racemic mixture of 3,6,8-
CC       trimethylallantoin.
CC   -!- The enzyme shows no acitivity with urate. cf. EC 1.14.13.113.
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