2-oxoglutarate/L-arginine monooxygenase/decarboxylase (succinate-forming)

2-oxoglutarate/L-arginine monooxygenase/decarboxylase (succinate-forming) (, ethylene-forming enzyme, EFE) is an enzyme with systematic name L-arginine,2-oxoglutarate:oxygen oxidoreductase (succinate-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction


 * 2-oxoglutarate + L-arginine + O2 $$\rightleftharpoons$$ succinate + CO2 + guanidine + (S)-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate + H2O (overall reaction)
 * (1a) 2-oxoglutarate + L-arginine + O2 $$\rightleftharpoons$$ succinate + CO2 + L-hydroxyarginine
 * (1b) L-hydroxyarginine $$\rightleftharpoons$$ guanidine + (S)-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate + H2O

2-oxoglutarate/L-arginine monooxygenase/decarboxylase catalyses two cycles of the ethylene-forming reaction.