User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
Translations
- Italian: deidrogenasi
Extensive Definition
A dehydrogenase is an enzyme that oxidizes a substrate
by transferring one or more protons and a pair of electrons
to an acceptor, usually
NAD/NADP
or a flavin coenzyme such as FAD or FMN.
Examples
- aldehyde dehydrogenase
- acetaldehyde dehydrogenase
- alcohol dehydrogenase
- glutamate dehydrogenase (an enzyme that can convert glutamate to α-Ketoglutarate and vice versa).
- lactate dehydrogenase
- pyruvate dehydrogenase (a common enzyme which feeds the TCA Cycle in converting Pyruvate to Acetyl CoA)
- glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (involved in the pentose phosphate pathway)
- glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (involved in glycolysis)
TCA cycle
examples:
External links
dehydrogenase in German: Dehydrogenase
dehydrogenase in Spanish: Deshidrogenasa
dehydrogenase in Hebrew: דהידרוגנאז
dehydrogenase in Polish: Dehydrogenazy
dehydrogenase in Portuguese: Desidrogenase
dehydrogenase in Russian: Дегидрогеназа
dehydrogenase in Slovenian:
Dehidrogenaza