Alcohol dehydrogenase (quinone)

Alcohol dehydrogenase (quinone)
Identifiers
EC no.1.1.5.5
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Alcohol dehydrogenase (quinone) (EC 1.1.5.5, type III ADH, membrane associated quinohaemoprotein alcohol dehydrogenase) is an enzyme with systematic name alcohol:quinone oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

ethanol + ubiquinone acetaldehyde + ubiquinol

This enzyme is present in acetic acid bacteria where it is involved in acetic acid production.