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Horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.1) has been shown to oxidize aldehydes with the net reduction of NAD+. The enzyme shows a low maximal velocity with acetaldehyde but increasing maximal velocities with butanal, hexanal, and octanal. At high NAD+ concentrations horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase exhibits a maximal velocity with octanal which is approximately one-tenth that of ethanol. Starch gel electrophoresis of the enzyme coupled with activity staining shows that every component that is capable of oxidizing ethanol is also capable of oxidizing octanal. The stoichiometry of the reaction of horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase with octanal shows that 1 mole of NAD+ is reduced per mole of octanoic acid formed.
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