Biology:Cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase (quinone)

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Cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase (quinone) (EC 1.1.5.7, cyclic alcohol dehydrogenase, MCAD) is an enzyme with systematic name cyclic alcohol:quinone oxidoreductase.[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

cyclic alcohol + quinone [math]\displaystyle{ \rightleftharpoons }[/math] cyclic ketone + quinol

This enzyme oxidizes a wide variety of cyclic alcohols.

References

  1. "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. doi:10.1271/bbb.65.2763. PMID 11826975. 

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