ENTRY EC 1.2.2.4
NAME Carbon monoxide oxygenase (Cytochrome b-561)
CLASS Oxidoreductases
Acting on the aldehyde or oxo group of donors
With a cytochrome as acceptor
REACTION CO + H2O + Ferrocytochrome b-561 =
CO2 + 2 H+ + Ferricytochrome b-561
SUBSTRATE CO
H2O
Ferrocytochrome b-561
PRODUCT CO2
H+
Ferricytochrome b-561
COMMENT Methylene blue and Iodonitrotetrazolium chloride can act as
artifical electron acceptors.
DBLINKS University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 1.2.2.4
WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 1.2.2.4
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