NADP-dependent malic enzyme

Best example is PDB entry 3wja and is shown in the viewer.

Catalytic Activity

Oxaloacetate = pyruvate + CO(2).Data source: Uniprot P48163
Or the decarboxylation of malate to pyruvate^[1].

Biological 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 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 enzyme

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

3D Structures of NADP-dependent malic enzyme

Updated on 10-September-2020

3wja, 2aw5 – ME - human
1gq2 – ME + NADP - pigeon
5ou5 – ME - maize

References

1. ↑ Loeber G, Dworkin MB, Infante A, Ahorn H. Characterization of cytosolic malic enzyme in human tumor cells. FEBS Lett. 1994 May 16;344(2-3):181-6. PMID:8187880