MeSH note : meta-cleavage enzyme involved in bacterial degradation of p-cymene; forms 3-carboxy-2-hydroxy-7-methyl-6-oxo-octa-2,3-dienoic
acid from p-cymene; also acts on 2,3-dihydroxybenzoate, 3-methylcatechol, 3-isopropylcatechol
and 2,3-dihydroxy-p-toluate; enzyme C of p-cumate catabolic pathway in Pseudomonas
putida;