A group of enzymes that oxidize organic substrates and reduce dioxygen to water. These contain a combination of copper ions with different spectral features, called type 1 centers, type 2 centers, and type3 centers, where the type 2 and type 3 sites are clustered together as a trinuclear unit. Well-known examples are : laccase, ascorbate oxidase and ceruloplasmin.
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