Biology:Xylitol oxidase
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| EC number | 1.1.3.41 | ||||||||
| CAS number | 177322-52-0 | ||||||||
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| IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In enzymology, xylitol oxidase (EC 1.1.3.41) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
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The two substrates of this enzyme are xylitol and oxygen. Its products are D-xylose and hydrogen peroxide. Other sugar alcohols, including sorbitol, can be oxidised by this enzyme.[1][2]
This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the CH-OH group of donor with oxygen as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is xylitol:oxygen oxidoreductase.
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