Bromide peroxidase

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EC number 1.11.1.18 BRENDA BRENDA entry KEGG KEGG entry		IntEnz IntEnz view ExPASy NiceZyme view MetaCyc metabolic pathway

Bromide peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.18, bromoperoxidase, haloperoxidase (ambiguous), eosinophil peroxidase) is an enzyme with systematic name bromide:hydrogen-peroxide oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

RH + HBr + H₂O₂ ⇌ RBr + 2 H₂O

Bromo peroxidases of red and brown marine algae (Rhodophyta and Phaeophyta) contain vanadate.

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