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EC 1.1.5.4 Details
EC number
1.1.5.4
Accepted name
malate dehydrogenase (quinone)
Reaction
(S)-malate + a quinone = oxaloacetate + reduced quinone
Other name(s)
FAD-dependent malate-vitamin K reductase,
malate-vitamin K reductase,
(S)-malate:(acceptor) oxidoreductase,
L-malate-quinone oxidoreductase,
malate:quinone oxidoreductase,
malate quinone oxidoreductase,
MQO,
malate:quinone reductase,
malate dehydrogenase (acceptor),
FAD-dependent malate dehydrogenase
Systematic name
(S)-malate:quinone oxidoreductase
Comment
A flavoprotein (FAD). Vitamin K and several other quinones can act as acceptors. Different from EC 1.1.1.37 (malate dehydrogenase (NAD+)), EC 1.1.1.82 (malate dehydrogenase (NADP+)) and EC 1.1.1.299 (malate dehydrogenase [NAD(P)+]).
History
created 1978 as EC 1.1.99.16, transferred 2009 to EC 1.1.5.4
EC Tree
1.1.5.1 created 1983, deleted 2002