EC |
1.1.99.22 |
Accepted name: |
glycerol dehydrogenase (acceptor) |
Reaction: |
glycerol + acceptor = glycerone + reduced acceptor |
Other name(s): |
glycerol:(acceptor) 1-oxidoreductase |
Systematic name: |
glycerol:acceptor 1-oxidoreductase |
Comments: |
A quinoprotein. Also acts, more slowly, on a number of other polyols including D-sorbitol, D-arabinitol, meso-erythritol, ribitol and propane-1,2-diol. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, CAS registry number: 249285-11-8 |
References: |
1. |
Ameyama, M., Shinagawa, E., Matsushita, K. and Adachi, O. Solubilization, purification and properties of membrane-bound glycerol dehydrogenase from Gluconobacter industrius. Agric. Biol. Chem. 49 (1985) 1001–1010. |
|
[EC 1.1.99.22 created 1989] |
|
|
|
|