Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
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Author: Trudy McKee, James R. McKee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The inhibition of alcohol dehydrogenase by the mercuric ion and methanol.

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The alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme belongs to the class of oxidoreductase and is responsible to reduce the alcohol group to its aldehyde or ketonic form. The mercuric ion is formed when an atom of mercury loses two electrons and carries a charge of +2. Methanol is an alcoholic compound, which is formed by the addition of the alcohol (OH) functional group to a methyl molecule.

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