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Cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase (quinone)

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EC number
  
1.1.5.7

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BRENDA entry

KEGG
  
KEGG entry

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IntEnz view

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metabolic pathway

Cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase (quinone) (EC 1.1.5.7, cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase, MCAD) is an enzyme with systematic name cyclic alcohol:quinone oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

cyclic alcohol + quinone cyclic ketone + quinol

This enzyme oxidizes a wide variety of cyclic alcohols.

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Cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase (quinone) Wikipedia