Oxidoreductases;
Catalysing the reaction X-H + Y-H = X-Y;
With oxygen as acceptor
BRITE hierarchy

sulochrin:oxygen oxidoreductase (cyclizing, (+)-specific)

2 sulochrin + O2 = 2 (+)-bisdechlorogeodin + 2 H2O [RN:R00060]

R00060
Reaction

sulochrin [CPD:C00495];
O2 [CPD:C00007]

Also acts on several diphenols and phenylenediamines, but has low affinity for these substrates. Involved in the biosynthesis of mould metabolites related to the antibiotic griseofulvin.

EC 1.21.3.4 created 1986 as EC 1.10.3.7, transferred 2002 to EC 1.21.3.4

1  [PMID:7049104]

Nordlov H, Gatenbeck S.

Enzymatic synthesis of (+)- and (-)-bisdechlorogeodin with sulochrin oxidase from Penicillium frequentans and Oospora sulphurea-ochracea.

Arch Microbiol 131:208-11 (1982)
DOI:10.1007/bf00405880