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Preferred term

Alcohol Dehydrogenase  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

Entry terms

  • Alcohol Dehydrogenase (NAD+)
  • Alcohol-NAD+ Oxidoreductase
  • Alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase

In other languages

  • French

  • ADH (Alcool DésHydrogénase)
  • Alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase
  • Alcool déshydrogénase
  • Déshydrogénase d'alcool

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-V3V9RDWR-J

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