ExplorEnz: EC 1.6.2.2

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1.6.2.2

Accepted name:

cytochrome-b₅ reductase

Reaction:

NADH + 2 ferricytochrome b₅ = NAD⁺ + H⁺ + 2 ferrocytochrome b₅

Other name(s):

cytochrome b₅ reductase; dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-cytochrome b₅ reductase; reduced nicotinamide adeninedinucleotide-cytochrome b₅ reductase; NADH-ferricytochrome b₅ oxidoreductase; NADH-cytochrome b₅ reductase; NADH 5α-reductase ; NADH-cytochrome-b₅ reductase

Systematic name:

NADH:ferricytochrome-b₅ oxidoreductase

Comments:

A flavoprotein (FAD).

Links to other databases:

BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9032-25-1

References:

1.	Mahler, H.R., Raw, I., Molinari, R. and do Amaral, D.F. Studies of electron transport enzymes. II. Isolation and some properties of a cytochrome-specific reduced diphosphopyridine nucleotide dehydrogenase from pig liver. J. Biol. Chem. 233 (1958) 230–239. [PMID: 13563476]
2.	Strittmatter, P. Microsomal cytochrome b₅ and cytochrome b₅ reductase. In: Boyer, P.D., Lardy, H. and Myrbäck, K. (Ed.), The Enzymes, 2nd edn, vol. 8, Academic Press, New York, 1963, pp. 113–145.
3.	Strittmatter, P. and Velick, S.F. The purification and properties of microsomal cytochrome reductase. J. Biol. Chem. 228 (1957) 785–799. [PMID: 13475360]

[EC 1.6.2.2 created 1961]