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SUBMITTER: Zamocky M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3183396 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zámocký Marcel M Furtmüller Paul G PG Obinger Christian C
Biochemical Society transactions 20090801 Pt 4
Catalase/peroxidases (KatGs) are bifunctional haem b-containing (Class I) peroxidases with overwhelming catalase activity and substantial peroxidase activity with various one-electron donors. These unique oxidoreductases evolved in ancestral bacteria revealing a complex gene-duplicated structure. Besides being found in numerous bacteria of all phyla, katG genes were also detected in genomes of lower eukaryotes, most prominently of sac and club fungi. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrates the occurr ...[more]