MeSH definition : Flavoproteins that catalyze reversibly the reduction of carbon dioxide to formate.
Many compounds can act as acceptors, but the only physiologically active acceptor
is NAD. The enzymes are active in the fermentation of sugars and other compounds to
carbon dioxide and are the key enzymes in obtaining energy when bacteria are grown
on formate as the main carbon source. They have been purified from bovine blood. EC
1.2.1.2.;
Flavoproteins that catalyze reversibly the reduction of carbon dioxide to formate.
Many compounds can act as acceptors, but the only physiologically active acceptor
is NAD. The enzymes are active in the fermentation of sugars and other compounds to
carbon dioxide and are the key enzymes in obtaining energy when bacteria are grown
on formate as the main carbon source. They have been purified from bovine blood. EC
1.2.1.2.