This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on paired donors, with O2 as oxidant and incorporation or reduction of oxygen. The oxygen incorporated need not be derive from O miscellaneous. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 3,7-dimethylocta-1,6-dien-3-ol,hydrogen-donor:oxygen oxidoreductase (8-hydroxylating). It employs one cofactor, heme.
References
Bhattacharyya PK, Samanta TB, Ullah AH, Gunsalus IC (1984). "Chemical probes into the active centre of a heme thiolate monoxygenase". Proc. Indian Acad. Sci., Chem. Sci. 93: 1289–1304.