Formaldehyde dismutase

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In enzymology, a formaldehyde dismutase (EC 1.2.99.4) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

2 formaldehyde formate + methanol

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, formaldehyde, and two products, formate and methanol.

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the aldehyde or oxo group of donor with other acceptors. The systematic name of this enzyme class is formaldehyde:formaldehyde oxidoreductase. Other names in common use include aldehyde dismutase, and cannizzanase.

Contents 1 Structural studies 2 References 3 External links 3.1 Gene Ontology (GO) codes

[edit] Structural studies

As of late 2007, only one structure has been solved for this class of enzymes, with the PDB accession code 2DPH.

[edit] References

• IUBMB entry for 1.2.99.4
• BRENDA references for 1.2.99.4 (Recommended.)
• PubMed references for 1.2.99.4
• PubMed Central references for 1.2.99.4
• Google Scholar references for 1.2.99.4
• Kato N, Shirakawa K, Kobayashi H and Sakazawa C (1983). "The dismutation of aldehydes by a bacterial enzyme". Agric. Biol. Chem. 47: 39–46. 

[edit] External links

The CAS registry number for this enzyme class is 85204-94-0.

• IUBMB entry for 1.2.99.4

• KEGG entry for 1.2.99.4

• BRENDA entry for 1.2.99.4

• NiceZyme view of 1.2.99.4

• EC2PDB: PDB structures for 1.2.99.4

• PRIAM entry for 1.2.99.4

• PUMA2 entry for 1.2.99.4

• IntEnz: Integrated Enzyme entry for 1.2.99.4

• MetaCyc entry for 1.2.99.4

• Atomic-resolution structures of enzymes belonging to this class

[edit] Gene Ontology (GO) codes

• EGO entry for GO code 0047895: formaldehyde dismutase

• AMIGO entry for GO code 0047895: formaldehyde dismutase