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1.8.1.4

dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase

protein N⁶-(dihydrolipoyl)lysine + NAD⁺ = protein N⁶-(lipoyl)lysine + NADH + H⁺

LDP-Glc, LDP-Val, dehydrolipoate dehydrogenase, diaphorase, dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase, dihydrolipoamide:NAD⁺ oxidoreductase, dihydrolipoic dehydrogenase, dihydrothioctic dehydrogenase, lipoamide dehydrogenase (NADH), lipoamide oxidoreductase (NADH), lipoamide reductase, lipoamide reductase (NADH), lipoate dehydrogenase, lipoic acid dehydrogenase, lipoyl dehydrogenase, protein-6-N-(dihydrolipoyl)lysine:NAD⁺ oxidoreductase

protein-N⁶-(dihydrolipoyl)lysine:NAD⁺ oxidoreductase

9001-18-7

A flavoprotein (FAD). A component of the multienzyme 2-oxo-acid dehydrogenase complexes. In the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, it binds to the core of EC 2.3.1.12, dihydrolipoyllysine-residue acetyltransferase, and catalyses oxidation of its dihydrolipoyl groups. It plays a similar role in the oxoglutarate and 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate dehydrogenase complexes. Another substrate is the dihydrolipoyl group in the H-protein of the glycine-cleavage system (click here for diagram), in which it acts, together with EC 1.4.4.2, glycine dehydrogenase (decarboxylating), and EC 2.1.2.10, aminomethyltransferase, to break down glycine. It can also use free dihydrolipoate, dihydrolipoamide or dihydrolipoyllysine as substrate. This enzyme was first shown to catalyse the oxidation of NADH by methylene blue; this activity was called diaphorase. The glycine cleavage system is composed of four components that only loosely associate: the P protein (EC 1.4.4.2), the T protein (EC 2.1.2.10), the L protein (EC 1.8.1.4) and the lipoyl-bearing H protein [6].

created 1961 as EC 1.6.4.3, modified 1976, transferred 1983 to EC 1.8.1.4, modified 2003, modified 2006