Malic enzyme may refer to ''
decarboxylating'' malate
dehydrogenase
A dehydrogenase is an enzyme belonging to the group of oxidoreductases that oxidizes a substrate by reducing an electron acceptor, usually NAD+/NADP+ or a flavin coenzyme such as FAD or FMN. Like all catalysts, they catalyze reverse as well as ...
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Malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) () or NAD-malic enzyme
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Malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating)
In enzymology, a malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating) () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction below
:(S)-malate + NAD+ \rightleftharpoons pyruvate + CO2 + NADH
Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are (S)-malate a ...
(), another NAD-malic enzyme
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Malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating) (NADP+)
Malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating) (NADP+) () or NADP-malic enzyme (NADP-ME) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction in the presence of a bivalent metal ion:
:(S)-malate + NADP+ \rightleftharpoons pyruvate + CO2 + NADP ...
() or NADP-malic enzyme
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D-malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) ()
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