Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Lactate
dehydrogenase:
An
enzyme
that
oxidizes
lactate
into
pyruvate
, and
reduces
pyruvate
to
lactate
. This
protein
is a
tetramer
consisting of four identical
protein
subunits.
Molecular Structure
of
Lactate
Dehydrogenase from the
Protein Data Bank
Helix
= fuchsia;
sheet
= yellow;
coil
= white.
Wire model
Ribbon model
Related terms:
Amino acid
,
polypeptide
,
enzyme
,
myoglobin
,
retinol binding protein
,
quaternary structure
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