Wide specificity; acts on straight-chain aldehydes up to C10, aromatic aldehydes, glyoxylate and glyceraldehyde. The enzymes contains a PQQ cofactor and multiple hemes that deliver the electrons to the membrane quinone pool.
History
EC 1.2.5.2 created 1983 as EC 1.2.99.3, modified 1989, transferred 2015 to EC 1.2.5.2
Gomez-Manzo S, Chavez-Pacheco JL, Contreras-Zentella M, Sosa-Torres ME, Arreguin-Espinosa R, Perez de la Mora M, Membrillo-Hernandez J, Escamilla JE
Title
Molecular and catalytic properties of the aldehyde dehydrogenase of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus, a quinoheme protein containing pyrroloquinoline quinone, cytochrome b, and cytochrome c.