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EC 1.1.1.1 Details
EC number
1.1.1.1
Accepted name
alcohol dehydrogenase
Reaction
(1) a primary alcohol + NAD+ = an aldehyde + NADH + H+;;(2) a secondary alcohol + NAD+ = a ketone + NADH + H+
Other name(s)
aldehyde reductase, ADH, alcohol dehydrogenase (NAD), aliphatic alcohol dehydrogenase, ethanol dehydrogenase, NAD-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase, NAD-specific aromatic alcohol dehydrogenase, NADH-alcohol dehydrogenase, NADH-aldehyde dehydrogenase, primary alcohol dehydrogenase, yeast alcohol dehydrogenase
Systematic name
alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
9031-72-5
Comment
A zinc protein. Acts on primary or secondary alcohols or hemi-acetals with very broad specificity; however the enzyme oxidizes methanol much more poorly than ethanol. The animal, but not the yeast, enzyme acts also on cyclic secondary alcohols.
History
created 1961, modified 2011
EC Tree
1.1.1.68 created 1965, deleted 1978 [transferred to EC 1.1.99.15, deleted 1980]
1.1.1.70 created 1965, deleted 1978
1.1.1.74 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.1.1.89 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.1.1.109 created 1972, deleted 1976
1.1.1.139 created 1972, deleted 1978
1.1.1.155 created 1976, deleted 2004
1.1.1.171 created 1978, deleted 1984
1.1.1.180 created 1983, deleted 1984
1.1.1.182 created 1983, deleted 1990
1.1.1.204 created 1972 as EC 1.2.1.37, transferred 1984 to EC 1.1.1.204, modified 1989, deleted 2004
1.1.1.242 created 1992, deleted 2001
1.1.1.249 provisional version created 1999, deleted 1999 (reinstated 2001 as EC 2.5.1.46)
1.1.1.253 created 1999, deleted 2003