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+ | Glutamate Dehydrogenase (GDH)is used to remove the ketone group and replace it with an α-amine group on the α-carbon. This forms glutamate, one of the 20 essential amino acids. | ||
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Glutamate Dehydrogenase
IntroductionGlutamate Dehydrogenase (GDH)is used to remove the ketone group and replace it with an α-amine group on the α-carbon. This forms glutamate, one of the 20 essential amino acids. StructureGlutamate Dehydrogenase is a hexamer that is comprised of two trimer subunits. These two subunits are stacked and composed of three domains. The top of each domain contains a "NAD-binding domain" that has the conserved nucleotide-binding motif. A larger helix-loop-helix structure rises above this and is referred to as an "antenna." This antenna contains approximately 50 amino acids and plays a major role in regulation of the enzyme. (1) MechanismNH4+ + α-ketoglutarate + NADPH + 2 H+ → glutamate + NADP+ + H2O
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