2-oxoglutarate dioxygenase (ethylene-forming)

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2-oxoglutarate dioxygenase (ethylene-forming)
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2-oxoglutarate dioxygenase (ethylene-forming) (EC 1.13.12.19, ethylene-forming enzyme, EFE) is an enzyme with systematic name 2-oxoglutarate:oxygen oxidoreductase (decarboxylating, ethylene-forming).[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

2-oxoglutarate
+ O2 ethylene + 3 CO2 + H2O

2-oxoglutarate dioxygenase produces ethylene in bacteria of the Pseudomonas syringae group.

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