Reaction: 2 ferrocytochrome c + H2O2 = 2 ferricytochrome c + 2 H2O
Other name(s): cytochrome peroxidase; cytochrome c-551 peroxidase; apocytochrome c peroxidase; mesocytochrome c peroxidase azide; mesocytochrome c peroxidase cyanide; mesocytochrome c peroxidase cyanate; cytochrome c-H2O oxidoreductase; cytochrome c peroxidase
Systematic name: ferrocytochrome-c:hydrogen-peroxide oxidoreductase
Comments: A hemoprotein.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9029-53-2
References:
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