Dehydrogenase
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A dehydrogenase is an enzyme that oxidizes a substrate by transferring one or more protons and a pair of electrons to an acceptor, usually NAD/NADP or a flavin coenzyme such as FAD or FMN.
Common examples of dehydrogenase enzymes in the TCA cycle are isocitrate dehydrogenase, alcohol dehydrogenase, acetaldehyde dehydrogenase and alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase. Pyruvate dehydrogenase, another common dehydrogenase enzyme, feeds the TCA Cycle in converting Pyruvate to Acetyl CoA.