biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase activity

id: GO:0018687
name: biphenyl 2,3-dioxygenase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the reaction: biphenyl + NADH + H+ + O2 = (2R,3S)-3-phenylcyclohexa-3,5-diene-1,2-diol + NAD+. This reaction requires Fe2+.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016708oxidoreductase activity, acting on paired donors, with incorporation or reduction of molecular oxygen, NADH or NADPH as one donor, and incorporation of two atoms of oxygen into one donor