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EC 1.1.99.36 Details
EC number
1.1.99.36
Accepted name
alcohol dehydrogenase (nicotinoprotein)
Reaction
ethanol + acceptor = acetaldehyde + reduced acceptor
Other name(s)
NDMA-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase, nicotinoprotein alcohol dehydrogenase, np-ADH, ethanol:N,N-dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline oxidoreductase
Systematic name
ethanol:acceptor oxidoreductase
Comment
Contains Zn2+. Nicotinoprotein alcohol dehydrogenases are unique medium-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (MDR) alcohol dehydrogenases that have a tightly bound NAD+/NADH cofactor that does not dissociate during the catalytic process. Instead, the cofactor is regenerated by a second substrate or electron carrier. While the in vivo electron acceptor is not known, N,N-dimethyl-4-nitrosoaniline (NDMA), which is reduced to 4-(hydroxylamino)-N,N-dimethylaniline, can serve this function in vitro. The enzyme from the Gram-positive bacterium Amycolatopsis methanolica can accept many primary alcohols as substrates, including benzylalcohol [1].
History
created 2010
EC Tree
1.1.99.15 created 1978, deleted 1980
1.1.99.17 created 1982, deleted 2003
1.14.1.1 created 1961 as EC 1.99.1.1, transferred 1965 to EC 1.14.14.1, deleted 1972
1.14.1.2 created 1965, deleted 1972
1.14.1.3 created 1961 as EC 1.99.1.13, transferred 1965 to EC 1.14.1.3, deleted 1972
1.14.1.4 created 1965, deleted 1972
1.14.1.5 created 1965, deleted 1972
1.14.1.6 created 1961 as EC 1.99.1.7, transferred 1965 to EC 1.14.1.6, deleted 1972
1.14.1.7 created 1965, deleted 1972
1.14.1.8 created 1965, deleted 1972
1.14.1.9 created 1965, deleted 1972
1.14.1.10 created 1965, deleted 1972
1.14.1.11 created 1965, deleted 1972