D-lactate dehydrogenase (cytochrome)

D-lactate dehydrogenase (cytochrome)
Identifiers
EC number 1.1.2.4
CAS number 37250-79-6
Databases
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 / EGO

In enzymology, a D-lactate dehydrogenase (cytochrome) (EC 1.1.2.4) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

(D)-lactate + 2 ferricytochrome c \rightleftharpoons pyruvate + 2 ferrocytochrome c

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are (D)-lactate and ferricytochrome c, whereas its two products are pyruvate and ferrocytochrome c.

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the CH-OH group of donor with a cytochrome as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is (D)-lactate:ferricytochrome-c 2-oxidoreductase. Other names in common use include lactic acid dehydrogenase, D-lactate (cytochrome) dehydrogenase, cytochrome-dependent D-(−)-lactate dehydrogenase, D-lactate-cytochrome c reductase, and D-(−)-lactic cytochrome c reductase. This enzyme participates in pyruvate metabolism. It employs one cofactor, FAD. This type of enzyme has been characterized in animals, fungi, bacteria and recently in plants[1] .[2] It is believed to be important in the detoxification of methylglyoxal through the glyoxylase pathway

References

  1. Atlante, A., de Bari, L., Valenti, D., Pizzuto, R., Paventi, G., and Passarella, S. (2005). "Transport and metabolism of D-lactate in Jerusalem artichoke mitochondria". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1708 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2005.03.003. PMID 15949980.
  2. Martin Engqvist, Maria Fabiana Drincovich, Ulf-Ingo Flügge, and Veronica G. Maurino (2009). "Two D-2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenases in Arabidopsis thaliana with catalytic capacities to participate in the last reactions of the methylglyoxal and {beta}-oxidation pathways.". J Biol Chem. 284 (September 11): 25026–25037. doi:10.1074/jbc.M109.021253. PMC 2757207. PMID 19586914.