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EC 1.7.1.6 Details
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1.7.1.6
Accepted name
azobenzene reductase
Reaction
N,N-dimethyl-1,4-phenylenediamine + aniline + 2 NADP+ = 4-(dimethylamino)azobenzene + 2 NADPH + 2 H+
Other name(s)
new coccine (NC)-reductase,
NC-reductase,
azo-dye reductase,
orange II azoreductase,
NAD(P)H:1-(4′-sulfophenylazo)-2-naphthol oxidoreductase,
orange I azoreductase,
azo reductase,
azoreductase,
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (phosphate) azoreductase,
NADPH2-dependent azoreductase,
dimethylaminobenzene reductase,
p-dimethylaminoazobenzene azoreductase,
dibromopropylaminophenylazobenzoic azoreductase,
N,N-dimethyl-4-phenylazoaniline azoreductase,
p-aminoazobenzene reductase,
methyl red azoreductase,
NADPH2:4-(dimethylamino)azobenzene oxidoreductase
Systematic name
N,N-dimethyl-1,4-phenylenediamine, aniline:NADP+ oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
9029-31-6
Comment
The reaction occurs in the reverse direction to that shown above. Other azo dyes, such as Methyl Red, Rocceline, Solar Orange and Sumifix Black B can also be reduced [2].
History
created 1961 as EC 1.6.6.7, transferred 2002 to EC 1.7.1.6
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1 Oxidoreductases
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 1.1.1.253 created 1999, deleted 2003
1.1.2 With a cytochrome as acceptor
