Dehydrogenase

A dehydrogenase (also called DHO in the literature) is an enzyme belonging to the group of oxidoreductases that oxidizes a substrate by a reduction reaction that transfers one or more hydrides (H−) to an electron acceptor, usually NAD+/NADP+ or a flavin coenzyme such as FAD or FMN.

Oxidoreductases, in general, catalyze oxidation and reduction reactions. Any enzyme that transfers an electron from one molecule to another is considered an oxidoreductase. These enzymes fall into six categories: oxygenases, reductases, peroxidases, oxidases, hydroxylases, and dehydrogenases. Most oxidoreductase enzymes can be classified using the name dehydrogenase, accepted nomenclature being "donor dehydrogenase," where the donor is the molecule giving up an electron.[1]

Examples

TCA cycle examples:

References

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