NADP-dependent malic enzyme

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Catalytic ActivityCatalytic Activity

Oxaloacetate = pyruvate + CO(2).Data source: Uniprot P48163
Or the decarboxylation of malate to pyruvate.

Biological processBiological process

Is involved in the following biological processes:
malate metabolic process
oxidation-reduction process
response to carbohydrate
response to hormone
carbohydrate metabolic process
protein tetramerization
regulation of NADP metabolic process
NADP biosynthetic process
small molecule metabolic process
cellular lipid metabolic process

In structuresIn structures

NADP-dependent malic enzyme is found in 3 PDB entries

• Eukaryota (3 PDB entries):
  
  • Homo sapiens (2 PDB entries):
    
    • 3wja
    • Title: The crystal structure of human cytosolic NADP(+)-dependent malic enzyme in apo form
    • 2.548 A resolution
    • Search the PDB for NADP-dependent malic enzyme from Homo sapiens
  • Columba livia (1 PDB entries):
    
    • 1gq2
    • Title: MALIC ENZYME FROM PIGEON LIVER
    • 2.5 A resolution

Alternative names for NADP-dependent malic enzymeAlternative names for NADP-dependent malic enzyme

Molecule NADP-dependent malic enzyme, also known as NADP-ME, NADP-dependent malic enzyme and Malic enzyme 1.