Formate dehydrogenase (acceptor) (, ''FDHH'', ''FDH-H'', ''FDH-O'', ''formate dehydrogenase H'', ''formate dehydrogenase O'') is an
enzyme with
systematic name ''formate:acceptor oxidoreductase''.
This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
: formate + acceptor
CO
2 + reduced acceptor
Formate dehydrogenase H is a cytoplasmic enzyme that oxidizes
formate
Formate (IUPAC name: methanoate) is the conjugate base of formic acid. Formate is an anion () or its derivatives such as ester of formic acid. The salts and esters are generally colorless.Werner Reutemann and Heinz Kieczka "Formic Acid" in ''Ull ...
without
oxygen transfer] transferring electrons to a
hydrogenase.
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