Alcohol oxidase

In enzymology, an alcohol oxidase (EC number|1.1.3.13) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

:a primary alcohol + O₂ $ightleftharpoons$ an aldehyde + H₂O₂

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are primary alcohol and O₂, whereas its two products are aldehyde and H₂O₂.

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 alcohol:oxygen oxidoreductase. This enzyme is also called ethanol oxidase. This enzyme participates in methane metabolism. It employs one cofactor, FAD.

tructural studies

As of late 2007, 9 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes PDB link|1AHU, PDB link|1AHV, PDB link|1AHZ, PDB link|1VAO, PDB link|1W1J, PDB link|1W1K, PDB link|1W1L, PDB link|1W1M, and PDB link|2VAO.

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External links

::"The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is CAS registry|9073-63-6."

Gene Ontology (GO) codes