CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily NAD(P)-binding Rossmann-like Domain
Functional Family L-lactate dehydrogenase

Enzyme Information

1.1.1.27
L-lactate dehydrogenase.
based on mapping to UniProt Q27743
(S)-lactate + NAD(+) = pyruvate + NADH.
-!- Also oxidizes other (S)-2-hydroxymonocarboxylic acids. -!- NADP(+) acts, more slowly, with the animal, but not the bacterial, enzyme.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q27743
LDH_PLAFD
Plasmodium falciparum CDC/Honduras
L-lactate dehydrogenase

PDB Structure

PDB 1CET
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Chloroquine binds in the cofactor binding site of Plasmodium falciparum lactate dehydrogenase.
Read, J.A., Wilkinson, K.W., Tranter, R., Sessions, R.B., Brady, R.L.
J.Biol.Chem.
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