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. 1981 Mar;41(3):829–832. doi: 10.1128/aem.41.3.829-832.1981

Substrate specificity and stereospecificity of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-linked alcohol dehydrogenases from methanol-grown yeasts.

C T Hou, R Patel, A I Laskin, N Barnabe, I Marczak
PMCID: PMC243783  PMID: 7013711

Abstract

Nicotine adenine dinucleotide-linked primary alcohol dehydrogenase and a newly discovered secondary alcohol dehydrogenase coexist in most strains of methanol-grown yeasts. Alcohol dehydrogenases from methanol-grown yeasts oxidize (--)-2-butanol preferentially over its (+) enantiomorph. This is substantially different from alcohol dehydrogenases from bakers' yeast and horse liver.

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