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L-Lactic Dehydrogenase from rabbit muscle

Type II, ammonium sulfate suspension, 800-1,200 units/mg protein

Synonym(s):

Lactate, (S)-Lactate: NAD+ oxidoreductase, L-LDH, LAD, LD

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CAS Number:
9001-60-9
Enzyme Commission number:
1.1.1.27 (BRENDA, IUBMB)
EC Number:
232-617-8
MDL number:
MFCD00131466
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
NACRES:
NA.54

type

Type II

Quality Level

200

form

ammonium sulfate suspension

specific activity

800-1,200 units/mg protein

mol wt

140 kDa

foreign activity

pyruvate kinase, myokinase, malic dehydrogenase, glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase and α-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase ≤0.01%

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

2-8°C

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General description

Lactic Dehydrogenase (LDH) has a total molecular weight of 140 kDa and is composed of 4 subunits which are designated M subunit (muscle) and H subunit (heart). These subunits may be mixed in any of 5 combinations (M4, M3H1, M2H2, MH3, and H4). Skeletal muscle contains LDH that is predominately M4 with some small amounts of M3H and traces of H2H2. The H and M subunits are quite similar in molecular weight, but differ substantially in amino acid composition. Rabbit muscle LDH dissociates into dimeric species (MW = ~70 kDa) in acetate-chloride at pH 5.0, the dissociation is reversible. Biochemistry, 13, 3527-3531 (1974). Oxidizes glyoxylate and lactate.
Isoelectric point: 8.4-8.6
Optimal pH : 7.5 .

Application

L-Lactic Dehydrogenase from rabbit muscle has been used:
  • for protein-binding measurement
  • to detect the action of oxaloacetate decarboxylase
  • to determine serum L- and D-lactate

Biochem/physiol Actions

Lactic dehydrogenase is responsible for the conversion of pyruvate to lactate in the fermentative metabolism.
Also catalyzes the oxidation of other L-2-hydroxymonocarboxylic acids.

Unit Definition

One unit will reduce 1.0 μmole of pyruvate to L-lactate per min at pH 7.5 at 37 °C.

Physical form

Crystalline suspension in 3.2 M (NH4)2SO4 solution, pH 6.0

Analysis Note

Protein determined by biuret.

Pictograms

Health hazard
GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H334

Precautionary Statements

P261 - P284 - P501

Hazard Classifications

Resp. Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Duration of time that beef cattle are fed a high-grain diet affects the recovery from a bout of ruminal acidosis: Short-chain fatty acid and lactate absorption, saliva production, and blood metabolites
Schwaiger T, et al.
Journal of Animal Science, 91(12), 5743-5753 (2013)
Anaerobic growth of Escherichia coli on D-tartrate depends on the fumarate carrier DcuB and fumarase, rather than the L-tartrate carrier TtdT and L-tartrate dehydratase
Kim OB, et al.
Archives of Microbiology, 188(6), 583-589 (2007)
Jingxuan Cui et al.
Metabolic engineering communications, 10, e00122-e00122 (2020-02-07)
Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum is an anaerobic thermophile that can ferment hemicellulose to produce biofuels, such as ethanol. It has been engineered to produce ethanol at high yield and titer. T. saccharolyticum uses the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) pathway for glycolysis. However, the genes and
Nutritional Biochemistry, 233-233 (1999)
Autofluorescence from NADH conformations associated with different metabolic pathways monitored using nanosecond-gated spectroscopy and spectral phasor analysis
Maltas J, et al.
Analytical Chemistry, 87(10), 5117-5124 (2015)
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