Superoxide reductase
Superoxide reductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of highly reactive and toxic superoxide into less toxic hydrogen peroxide :
Hydrogen peroxide in turn is reduced to water by rubrerythrin. The 3 substrates of this enzyme are reduced rubredoxin, superoxide, and H+, whereas its two products are rubredoxin and H2O2.
This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on superoxide as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is rubredoxin:superoxide oxidoreductase. Other names in common use include neelaredoxin, and desulfoferrodoxin., 9 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes,,,,,,,, and.
