Pyruvate dehydrogenase (quinone)
Pyruvate dehydrogenase dehydrogenase, pyruvate:ubiquinone-8-oxidoreductase, pyruvate oxidase is an enzyme with systematic name pyruvate:ubiquinone oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
The enzyme converts pyruvic acid to acetic acid by oxidative decarboxylation using ubiquinone as its cofactor. This bacterial enzyme is a flavoprotein located on the inner surface of the cytoplasmic membrane.