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EC 1.6.3.2 Details
EC number
1.6.3.2
Accepted name
NAD(P)H oxidase (H2O-forming)
Reaction
2 NAD(P)H + 2 H+ + O2 = 2 NAD(P)+ + 2 H2O
Systematic name
NAD(P)H:oxygen oxidoreductase (H2O-forming)
Comment
A flavoprotein (FAD). NADPH is a better substrate than NADH [1,3]. By removal of oxygen the enzyme is involved in aerobic tolerance in the thermophilic anaerobic archaeon Thermococcus profundus and in Giardia intestinalis, a microaerophilic single-celled parasite of the order Diplomonadida.
History
created 2013
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