Alcohol dehydrogenase (cytochrome c)

Alcohol dehydrogenase (cytochrome c)
Identifiers
EC no.1.1.2.8
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BRENDABRENDA entry
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MetaCycmetabolic pathway
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Alcohol dehydrogenase (cytochrome c) (EC 1.1.2.8, type I quinoprotein alcohol dehydrogenase, quinoprotein ethanol dehydrogenase) is an enzyme with systematic name alcohol:cytochrome c oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

a primary alcohol + 2 ferricytochrome c an aldehyde + 2 ferrocytochrome c + 2 H+

A periplasmic PQQ-containing quinoprotein is present in Pseudomonas and Rhodopseudomonas.