IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 1.1.1.37

Accepted name: malate dehydrogenase

Reaction: (S)-malate + NAD+ = oxaloacetate + NADH + H+

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Other name(s): malic dehydrogenase; L-malate dehydrogenase; NAD-L-malate dehydrogenase; malic acid dehydrogenase; NAD-dependent malic dehydrogenase; NAD-malate dehydrogenase; NAD-malic dehydrogenase; malate (NAD) dehydrogenase; NAD-dependent malate dehydrogenase; NAD-specific malate dehydrogenase; NAD-linked malate dehydrogenase; MDH (ambiguous); L-malate-NAD+ oxidoreductase

Systematic name: (S)-malate:NAD+ oxidoreductase

Comments: Also oxidizes some other 2-hydroxydicarboxylic acids.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9001-64-3

References:

1. Banaszak, L.J. and Bradshaw, R.A. Malate dehydrogenase. In: Boyer, P.D. (Ed.), The Enzymes, 3rd ed., vol. 11, Academic Press, New York, 1975, p. 369-396.

2. Guha, A., Englard, S. and Listowsky, I. Beef heart malic dehydrogenases. VII. Reactivity of sulfhydryl groups and conformation of the supernatant enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 243 (1968) 609-615. [PMID: 5637713]

3. McReynolds, M.S. and Kitto, G.B. Purification and properties of Drosophila malate dehydrogenases. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 198 (1970) 165-175. [PMID: 4313528]

4. Wolfe, R.G. and Nielands, J.B. Some molecular and kinetic properties of heart malic dehydrogenase. J. Biol. Chem. 221 (1956) 61-69.

[EC 1.1.1.37 created 1961]


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