EC number 1.2.5.1 | ExPASy NiceZyme view MetaCyc | |
Pyruvate dehydrogenase (quinone) (EC 1.2.5.1, pyruvate dehydrogenase, pyruvic dehydrogenase, pyruvic (cytochrome b1) dehydrogenase, pyruvate:ubiquinone-8-oxidoreductase, pyruvate oxidase (ambiguous)) is an enzyme with systematic name pyruvate:ubiquinone oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
pyruvate + ubiquinone + H2O
This bacterial enzyme is located on the inner surface of the cytoplasmic membrane.
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