Reaction: 2-hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone + NADH + H+ = hydroxyquinol + NAD+
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Glossary: hydroxyquinol = 1,2,4-trihydroxybenzene
Other name(s): hydroxybenzoquinone reductase; 1,2,4-trihydroxybenzene:NAD oxidoreductase; NADH:2-hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone oxidoreductase
Systematic name: NADH:2-hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone oxidoreductase
Comments: A flavoprotein (FMN) that differs in substrate specificity from other quinone reductases. The enzyme in Burkholderia cepacia is inducible by 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetate.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EAWAG-BBD, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 214466-94-1
References:
1. Zaborina, O., Daubaras, D.L., Zago, A., Xun, L., Saido, K., Klem,T., Nikolic, D. and Chakrabarty, A.M. Novel pathway for conversion of chlorohydroxyquinol to maleylacetate in Burkholderia cepacia AC1100. J. Bacteriol. 180 (1998) 4667-4675. [PMID: 9721310]