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EC 1.17.1.9 Details
EC number
1.17.1.9
Accepted name
formate dehydrogenase
Reaction
formate + NAD+ = CO2 + NADH
Other name(s)
formate-NAD+ oxidoreductase, FDH I, FDH II, N-FDH, formic hydrogen-lyase, formate hydrogenlyase, hydrogenlyase, NAD+-linked formate dehydrogenase, NAD+-dependent formate dehydrogenase, formate dehydrogenase (NAD+), NAD+-formate dehydrogenase, formate benzyl-viologen oxidoreductase, formic acid dehydrogenase
Systematic name
formate:NAD+ oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
9028-85-7
Comment
The enzyme from most aerobic organisms is devoid of redox-active centres but that from the proteobacterium Methylosinus trichosporium contains iron-sulfur centres, flavin and a molybdenum centre [3]. Together with EC 1.12.1.2 hydrogen dehydrogenase, forms a system previously known as formate hydrogenlyase.
History
created 1961 as EC 1.2.1.2, transferred 2017 to EC 1.17.1.9
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