Hydrogen peroxide is generated in the course of peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation and purine catabolism, and is rapidly converted to water and molecular oxygen by the enzyme catalase. This enzyme is widely distributed in the body, but is especially abundant in liver, kidney, and red blood cells.
Tainer, JA, Arvai, AS, Bourne, Y, Putnam, CD
Ogata, M
catalase activity of CAT tetramer [peroxisomal matrix]
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