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EC 1.2.2.2 Details
EC number
1.2.2.2
Accepted name
pyruvate dehydrogenase (cytochrome)
Reaction
pyruvate + ferricytochrome b1 + H2O = acetate + CO2 + ferrocytochrome b1
Other name(s)
pyruvate dehydrogenase,
pyruvic dehydrogenase,
pyruvic (cytochrome b1) dehydrogenase,
pyruvate:ubiquinone-8-oxidoreductase,
pyruvate oxidase (ambiguous)
Systematic name
pyruvate:ferricytochrome-b1 oxidoreductase
CAS registry number
9079-84-9
Comment
A flavoprotein requiring thiamine diphosphate.
History
created 1961, deleted 2010
EC Tree
1.2.7.9 created 2003, deleted 2005