Cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase (quinone) explained

Cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase (quinone)
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Cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase (quinone) (cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase, MCAD) is an enzyme with systematic name cyclic alcohol:quinone oxidoreductase.^[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

\rightleftharpoons cyclic ketone + quinol

This enzyme oxidizes a wide variety of cyclic alcohols.

Notes and References

1. Moonmangmee D, Fujii Y, Toyama H, Theeragool G, Lotong N, Matsushita K, Adachi O . Purification and characterization of membrane-bound quinoprotein cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase from Gluconobacter frateurii CHM 9 . Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry . 65 . 12 . 2763–72 . December 2001 . 11826975 . 10.1271/bbb.65.2763 . free .