alternative oxidase activity

id: GO:0009916
name: alternative oxidase activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of the oxidation of ubiquinol by diverting electrons from the standard electron transfer chain, transferring them from ubiquinol to oxygen and generating water as the product.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016682oxidoreductase activity, acting on diphenols and related substances as donors, oxygen as acceptor