Leucine Dehydrogenase

"Leucine Dehydrogenase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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

MeSH Number(s)

D08.811.682.664.500.724

Concept/Terms

Leucine Dehydrogenase

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Enzymes and Coenzymes [D08]
Enzymes [D08.811]
Oxidoreductases [D08.811.682]
Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH2 Group Donors [D08.811.682.664]
Amino Acid Oxidoreductases [D08.811.682.664.500]
Leucine Dehydrogenase [D08.811.682.664.500.724]

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