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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Oxidoreductases > Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH2 Group Donors > Amino Acid Oxidoreductases > Leucine Dehydrogenase

Preferred term

Leucine Dehydrogenase  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dehydrogenase, L-Leucine
  • Leucine (Branched-Chain Amino Acid) Dehydrogenase
  • L Leucine Dehydrogenase
  • L-Leucine Dehydrogenase

Scope note

  • An octameric enzyme belonging to the superfamily of amino acid dehydrogenases. Leucine dehydrogenase catalyzes the reversible oxidative deamination of L-LEUCINE, to 4-methyl-2-oxopentanoate (2-ketoisocaproate) and AMMONIA, with the corresponding reduction of the cofactor NAD+.

History note

  • 2006(1970)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050803

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