D-lactate dehydrogenase (, ''lactic acid dehydrogenase'', ''lactic acid dehydrogenase'', ''D-specific lactic dehydrogenase'', ''D-(-)-lactate dehydrogenase (NAD+)'', ''D-lactic acid dehydrogenase'', ''D-lactic dehydrogenase'') is an
enzyme
An enzyme () is a protein that acts as a biological catalyst by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrate (chemistry), substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different mol ...
with
systematic name
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A semisystematic name or semitrivi ...
''(R)-lactate:NAD+ oxidoreductase''.
This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
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: (R)-lactate + NAD
+ pyruvate
Pyruvic acid (CH3COCOOH) is the simplest of the alpha-keto acids, with a carboxylic acid and a ketone functional group. Pyruvate, the conjugate base, CH3COCOO−, is an intermediate in several metabolic pathways throughout the cell.
Pyruvic ...
+ NADH
References
External links
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{{InterPro content, IPR015409
EC 1.1.1