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- Sugar alcohols (also called polyhydric alcohols, polyalcohols, alditols or glycitols) are organic compounds, typically derived from sugars, containing...
- In enzymology, a xylitol oxidase (EC 1.1.3.41) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction xylitol + O2 ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } xylose...
- In organic chemistry, a polyol is an organic compound containing multiple hydroxyl groups (−OH). The term "polyol" can have slightly different meanings...
- can be classified as a polyalcohol and a sugar alcohol, specifically an alditol. The name derives from Ancient Gr****: ξύλον, xyl[on] 'wood', with the suffix...
- In enzymology, aldose reductase (or aldehyde reductase) (EC 1.1.1.21) is a cytosolic NADPH-dependent oxidoreductase that catalyzes the reduction of a variety...
- reduction of the aldehyde group to a hydroxyl group, which would yield an alditol. These catalysts that limit hydrogenation to one step are called poisoned...
- [NAD(P)+ activity] all-trans retinal binding NADPH:quinone reductase activity alditol:NADP+ 1-oxidoreductase activity NAD binding zinc ion binding metal ion...
- synthase activity trans-1,2-dihydrobenzene-1,2-diol dehydrogenase activity alditol:NADP+ 1-oxidoreductase activity retinal dehydrogenase activity geranylgeranyl...
- transfer activity oxidoreductase activity androsterone dehydrogenase activity alditol:NADP+ 1-oxidoreductase activity alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP+) activity...
- activity oxidoreductase activity glyceraldehyde oxidoreductase activity alditol:NADP+ 1-oxidoreductase activity alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP+) activity...