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Preferred term

Alcohol Dehydrogenase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Alcohol Dehydrogenase (NAD+)
  • Alcohol NAD+ Oxidoreductase
  • Alcohol-NAD+ Oxidoreductase
  • Oxidoreductase, Alcohol-NAD+

Note

  • a specific enzyme; do not confuse with ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES

Scope note

  • A zinc-containing enzyme which oxidizes primary and secondary alcohols or hemiacetals in the presence of NAD. In alcoholic fermentation, it catalyzes the final step of reducing an aldehyde to an alcohol in the presence of NADH and hydrogen.

History note

  • 87

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000426

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