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slava [35]
3 years ago
15

Peroxidase is an enzyme that breaks down hydrogen peroxide in cells. It accomplishes this because of its structure. What part of

the enzyme is involved in catalytic activity
Biology
1 answer:
statuscvo [17]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

The answer is a heme cofactor.

Explanation:

Peroxidase is an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation/reduction reaction by using hydrogen peroxide as a substrate.  

Donor+H2O2 ↔ Oxidized donor + H2O

Peroxidase active site can contain a heme cofactor that has an iron ion and a porphyrin molecule that acts as an electron donor to the hydrogen peroxide which is then reduced to water.

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