The most common enzyme of this type is used in a test to identify Streptococcus; that enzyme is catalase.
One of these enzymes performs the first step in the synthesis of leukotrienes from arachidonic acid. One subset of these proteins produces glutathione disulfide and protects membrane lipids against a free-radical chain that may terminate in malonaldehyde. These enzymes are abundant in the animal homologues of (*) glyoxysomes. In those organelles, carnitine acyltransferase initiates beta-oxidation, producing a substrate for these enzymes as a reduced byproduct. During a respiratory burst, one of these enzymes generates hypochlorite in azurophilic granules in neutrophils. The most common enzyme of this type is used in a test to identify Streptococcus; that enzyme is catalase. For 10 points, name this class of enzymes that split R-O-O-R groups.
One of these enzymes performs the first step in the synthesis of leukotrienes from arachidonic acid.
peroxidases [accept peroxide oxidases or peroxide oxidoreductases; prompt on "oxidase" or "oxidoreductase"]