alpha,beta-ketoalkene reductase definition

<enzyme>

<cell biology> Nadh is much less effective than NADPH; catalyses the reduction of the carbon-carbon double bond of five membered ring cpds which have two conjugated carbonyl groups on both sides of a double bond

Registry number: EC 1.3.1.-

Synonyms: n-ethylmaleimide reducing enzyme, NADPH-linked alpha,beta-ketoalkene double bond reductase, n-ethylmaleimide reductase

(26 Jun 1999)