Alcohol Dehydrogenase

Alcohol Dehydrogenase (NAD+); Alcohol Dehydrogenase I; Alcohol Dehydrogenase II; Alcohol-NAD+ Oxidoreductase; Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase; Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Yeast; Alcohol NAD+ Oxidoreductase; Dehydrogenase, Alcohol; Dehydrogenase, Yeast Alcohol
A zinc-containing enzyme which oxidizes primary and secondary alcohols or hemiacetals in the presence of NAD. In alcoholic fermentation, it catalyzes the final step of reducing an aldehyde to an alcohol in the presence of NADH and hydrogen.