CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily NAD(P)-binding Rossmann-like Domain
Functional Family Malate dehydrogenase

Enzyme Information

1.1.1.27
L-lactate dehydrogenase.
based on mapping to UniProt P16115
(S)-lactate + NAD(+) = pyruvate + NADH.
-!- Also oxidizes other (S)-2-hydroxymonocarboxylic acids. -!- NADP(+) acts, more slowly, with the animal, but not the bacterial, enzyme.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P16115
LDH_THEMA
Thermotoga maritima MSB8
L-lactate dehydrogenase

PDB Structure

PDB 1A5Z
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Lactate dehydrogenase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium thermotoga maritima: the crystal structure at 2.1 A resolution reveals strategies for intrinsic protein stabilization.
Auerbach, G., Ostendorp, R., Prade, L., Korndorfer, I., Dams, T., Huber, R., Jaenicke, R.
Structure