Fumarate reductase

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Fumarate reductase is the enzyme that converts fumarate to succinate, it is important in microbial metabolism as a means for anaerobic respiration.[1]

Succinate + acceptor <=> fumarate + reduced acceptor

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References

  1. Iverson TM, Luna-Chavez C, Cecchini G, Rees DC (1999). "Structure of the Escherichia coli fumarate reductase respiratory complex". Science. 284 (5422): 1961–6. PMID 10373108.

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