Leucine Dehydrogenase
"Leucine Dehydrogenase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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+.
Descriptor ID |
D050803
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MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.664.500.724
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Concept/Terms |
Leucine Dehydrogenase- Leucine Dehydrogenase
- Dehydrogenase, Leucine
- L-Leucine Dehydrogenase
- Dehydrogenase, L-Leucine
- L Leucine Dehydrogenase
- Leucine (Branched-Chain Amino Acid) Dehydrogenase
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