NAD-malic enzyme | |||||||||
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malic enzyme tetramer, Human | |||||||||
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EC no. | 1.1.1.39 | ||||||||
CAS no. | 9028-46-0 | ||||||||
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IntEnz | IntEnz view | ||||||||
BRENDA | BRENDA entry | ||||||||
ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
KEGG | KEGG entry | ||||||||
MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
PRIAM | profile | ||||||||
PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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Malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) (EC 1.1.1.39) or NAD-malic enzyme (NAD-ME) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- (S)-malate + NAD pyruvate + CO2 + NADH
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are (S)-malate and NAD, whereas its three products are pyruvate, CO2, and NADH. Malate is oxidized to pyruvate and CO2, and NAD is reduced to NADH.
This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, to be specific, those acting on the CH-OH group of donor with NAD or NADP as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is (S)-malate:NAD oxidoreductase (decarboxylating). This enzyme participates in pyruvate metabolism and carbon fixation. NAD-malic enzyme is one of three decarboxylation enzymes used in the inorganic carbon concentrating mechanisms of C4 and CAM plants. The others are NADP-malic enzyme and PEP carboxykinase.
References
- Kanai R, Edwards, GE (1999). "3. The Biochemistry of C4 Photosynthesis". In Sage RF, Monson RK (eds.). C4 Plant Biology. pp. 43–87. ISBN 0126144400.
- Christopher JT, Holtum JA (1996). "Patterns of carbon partitioning in leaves of Crassulacean acid metabolism species during deacidification". Plant Physiol. 112 (1): 393–399. doi:10.1104/pp.112.1.393. PMC 157961. PMID 12226397.
- Saz HJ, Hubbard JA (1957). "The oxidative decarboxylation of malate by Ascaris lumbricoides". J. Biol. Chem. 225 (2): 921–933. PMID 13416294.
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