Aldehyde-ketone isomerization activity of liver alcohol dehydrogenase.
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Horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase is a nonspecific enzyme (1). It has been observed by Kaplan and Ciotti (2) that the enzyme catalyzes a transfer of hydrogen from ethanol to pyridine 3-aldehyde. We have found that the enzyme catalyzes a rapid interconversion of lactaldehyde to acetol. The evidence suggests that this isomerization proceeds through an oxidation-reduction process similar to that observed by Kaplan and Ciotti. The present paper describes this reaction.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of biological chemistry
دوره 236 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1961