NADPH dehydrogenase

NADPH dehydrogenase

X-ray structure of Xenobiotic Reductase A from Pseudomonas putida. PDB entry 3l5l
Identifiers
EC number 1.6.99.1
CAS number 9001-68-7
Databases
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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 NADPH dehydrogenase (EC 1.6.99.1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

NADPH + H+ + acceptor \rightleftharpoons NADP+ + reduced acceptor

The 3 substrates of this enzyme are NADPH, H+, and acceptor, whereas its two products are NADP+ and reduced acceptor.

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on NADH or NADPH with other acceptors. The systematic name of this enzyme class is NADPH:acceptor oxidoreductase. Other names in common use include NADPH2 diaphorase, NADPH diaphorase, OYE, diaphorase, dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate dehydrogenase, NADPH-dehydrogenase, NADPH-diaphorase, NADPH2-dehydrogenase, old yellow enzyme, reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate dehydrogenase, TPNH dehydrogenase, TPNH-diaphorase, triphosphopyridine diaphorase, triphosphopyridine nucleotide diaphorase, NADPH2 dehydrogenase, and NADPH:(acceptor) oxidoreductase. It has 2 cofactors: FAD, and FMN.

NADPH is produced by the "Malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarboxylating) (NADP+)" for the 60% and by the pentose phosphate pathway (also knew as "Shunt of pentoses") for the 40% .

Role in metabolism: The mean role of NADPH in human organism is the synthesis of lipids and the detoxification of the organism, in collaboration with the Cytochrome P450 to produce some ROS (Reactives Oxygen Species).

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