User:SadPanda01/Taurine dioxygenase

Initiating steps[edit]
In the decomposition of taurine, it has been shown that molecular oxygen is activated by Iron II, which lies in the coordinating complex of taurine dioxygenase. Here the enzyme with conjunction of an Iron II and 2-oxoglutarate maintain non-covalent bonds by electrostatic interactions, and coordinate a nucleophilic attack from oxygen on 2-oxoglutarate carbon number 2. This leads to the two oxidations, one on 2-oxoglutarate, and another on taurine, each one electron.