Tags: Enzyme.
4-methylaminobutanoate oxidase (methylamine-forming) (EC 1.5.3.21 mao (gene)) is an enzyme with system name 4-methylaminobutanoate methylamidohydrolase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction 4-methylaminobutanoate + O2 + H2O succinate semialdehyde + methylamine + H2O2The enzyme participates in the nicotine degradation in soil bacterium Arthrobacter nicotinovorans.