ID   1.10.3.17
DE   superoxide oxidase.
AN   cytochrome b561.
CA   a ubiquinol + 2 O2 = a ubiquinone + 2 H(+) + 2 superoxide.
CC   -!- This membrane-bound, di-heme containing enzyme, identified in the
CC       bacterium Escherichia coli, is responsible for the detoxification of
CC       superoxide in the periplasm.
CC   -!- In vivo the reaction proceeds in the opposite direction of that shown
CC       and produces oxygen.
CC   -!- Superoxide production was only observed when the enzyme was incubated
CC       in vitro with an excess of ubiquinol.
DR   P0ABE5, C561_ECOLI ;  P0ABE6, C561_SHIFL ;  Q9X6B2, C561_YERPE ;
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