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7. Oxidation and reduction reactions:  551

b) Oxidases:
• These remove H from a substrate,

 passing it to molecular O (as in the
 oxidation of o- and p-quinols to
 quinones) or to hydrogen peroxide
 (as in phenolic oxidative coupling),
 in both cases forming water.
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