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EC 1.2.3.1 Details
EC number
1.2.3.1
Accepted name
aldehyde oxidase
Reaction
an aldehyde + H2O + O2 = a carboxylate + H2O2
Other name(s)
quinoline oxidase, retinal oxidase
Systematic name
aldehyde:oxygen oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
9029-07-6
Comment
Contains molybdenum, [2Fe-2S] centres and FAD. The enzyme from liver exhibits a broad substrate specificity, and is involved in the metabolism of xenobiotics, including the oxidation of N-heterocycles and aldehydes and the reduction of N-oxides, nitrosamines, hydroxamic acids, azo dyes, nitropolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and sulfoxides [4,6]. The enzyme is also responsible for the oxidation of retinal, an activity that was initially attributed to a distinct enzyme (EC 1.2.3.11, retinal oxidase) [5,7].
History
created 1961, modified 2002, modified 2004, modified 2012
EC Tree
1.1.1.68 created 1965, deleted 1978 [transferred to EC 1.1.99.15, deleted 1980]
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
1.1.1.249 provisional version created 1999, deleted 1999 (reinstated 2001 as EC 2.5.1.46)
1.1.1.253 created 1999, deleted 2003
1.2.3.2 created 1961, deleted 1984
1.2.3.10 created 1990, deleted 2003
1.2.3.12 created 2000, deleted 2003