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Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Oxidoreductases > Oxidoreductases Acting on Aldehyde or Oxo Group Donors > Formate Dehydrogenases

Preferred term

Formate Dehydrogenases  

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Entry terms

  • Dehydrogenase, Formate
  • Dehydrogenase, NAD-Formate
  • Formate Dehydrogenase
  • Formate Hydrogenlyases
  • Hydrogenlyases, Formate
  • NAD Formate Dehydrogenase
  • NAD-Formate Dehydrogenase

Scope note

  • Flavoproteins that catalyze reversibly the reduction of carbon dioxide to formate. Many compounds can act as acceptors, but the only physiologically active acceptor is NAD. The enzymes are active in the fermentation of sugars and other compounds to carbon dioxide and are the key enzymes in obtaining energy when bacteria are grown on formate as the main carbon source. They have been purified from bovine blood. EC 1.2.1.2.

History note

  • 91(80); was see under ALDEHYDE OXIDOREDUCTASES 1980-90

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