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This compound is produced by a tetrameric enzyme with an iron or manganese active site, which is expressed sevenfold more in termite queens than in workers. A C-terminal SKL sequence localizes proteins to a structure where FAD (“f-a-d”) is a cofactor for generating this compound. Luminol reacts with this compound in ECL reagent to allow imaging of western blots. This compound is produced by a structure that is defective in (-5[1])(*) Zellweger syndrome, and it partially names a (10[1])chemiluminescent enzyme isolated from horseradish. (10[1])Mitochondrial SOD2 remediates stress from the ETC by generating this compound, which is metabolized in an eponymous organelle that exclusively oxidizes (10[1])branched and very-long-chain fatty acids. For (10[1])10 points, catalase breaks down what compound stored in dark bottles into water and oxygen? ■END■

ANSWER: hydrogen peroxide [or H2O2]
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