NAD-Formate Dehydrogenase

《英文msh詞典》NAD-Formate Dehydrogenase
[入口詞] NAD-Formate Dehydrogenase
[主題詞] Formate Dehydrogenases
[英文釋義] 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.