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Mention the prosthetic group present in peroxidase enzyme.

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Peroxidases, also known as catalases, are also an oxidoreductase class of enzymes, which catalyze oxidoreduction reactions. It can contain a heme cofactor in their active sites, or alternately redox-active cysteine or selenocysteine residues.

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