Alcohol Dehydrogenase (ADH)

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An Alcohol Dehydrogenase (ADH) is an dehydrogenase enzyme that uses the reduction of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) to NADH.



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  • Gene Ontology http://amigo.geneontology.org/cgi-bin/amigo/term-details.cgi?term=GO:0004022&session_id=5828amigo1240506945
    • Accession: GO:0004022
    • Ontology: molecular function
    • Synonyms
      • related: ADH
      • narrow: alcohol dehydrogenase (NAD) activity
      • narrow: aliphatic alcohol dehydrogenase
      • narrow: ethanol dehydrogenase
      • narrow: yeast alcohol dehydrogenase
      • exact: alcohol:NAD+ oxidoreductase
      • exact: NAD-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase
      • exact: NAD-specific aromatic alcohol dehydrogenase
      • exact: NADH-alcohol dehydrogenase
      • exact: NADH-aldehyde dehydrogenase
      • broad: primary alcohol dehydrogenase
    • Definition
      • Catalysis of the reaction: an alcohol + NAD+ = an aldehyde or ketone + NADH + H+. [source: EC:1.1.1.1]----