superoxide reductase

Preferred Label : superoxide reductase;

MeSH note : from hyperthermophilic anaerobe Pyrococcus furiosus reduces superoxide to hydrogen peroxide, which is then reduced to water by peroxidases, unlike superoxide dismutase the enzyme does not catalyze the production of oxygen from superoxide and therefore confers a selective advantage on anaerobes;

Registry Number MeSH : EC 1.-;

Is substance : O;

Details

Origin ID

C121849;

UMLS CUI

C0916840;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- FLOT2 wt Allele [NCIt concept]
MeSH indexing information
- superoxides [MeSH Descriptor]
MeSH term(s) associated for indexing
- oxidoreductases [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- superoxide reductase [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein [UMLS semantic type]
- Enzyme [UMLS semantic type]

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