Reaction: ME1:Mg2+ tetramer oxidatively decarboxylates MAL to PYR
- in pathway: Pyruvate metabolism
One hallmark of cancer is altered cellular metabolism. Malic enzymes (MEs) are a family of homotetrameric enzymes that catalyse the reversible oxidative decarboxylation of L-malate to pyruvate, with a simultaneous reduction of NAD(P)+ to NAD(P)H. As MEs generate NADPH and NADH, they may play roles in energy production and reductive biosynthesis. Humans possess three ME isoforms; ME1 is cytosolic and utilises NADP+, ME3 is mitochondrial and can utilise NADP+ and ME2 is mitochondrial and can utililse either NAD+ or NADP+ (Chang & Tong 2003, Murugan & Hung 2012).
NADP-dependent malic enzyme (ME1, aka c-NADP-ME) is a cytosolic enzyme that oxidatively decarboxylates (s)-malate (MAL) to pyruvate (PYR) and CO2 using NADP+ as cofactor (Zelewski & Swierczynski 1991). ME1 exists as a dimer of dimers (Murugan & Hung 2012, Hsieh et al. 2014) and a divalent metal such as Mg2+ is essential for catalysis (Chang & Tong 2003).
NADP-dependent malic enzyme (ME1, aka c-NADP-ME) is a cytosolic enzyme that oxidatively decarboxylates (s)-malate (MAL) to pyruvate (PYR) and CO2 using NADP+ as cofactor (Zelewski & Swierczynski 1991). ME1 exists as a dimer of dimers (Murugan & Hung 2012, Hsieh et al. 2014) and a divalent metal such as Mg2+ is essential for catalysis (Chang & Tong 2003).
Reaction - small molecule participants:
H+ [cytosol]
CO2 [cytosol]
PYR [cytosol]
NADPH [cytosol]
NADP+ [cytosol]
MAL [cytosol]
Reactome.org reaction link: R-HSA-9012036
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Reaction input - small molecules:
NADP(3-)
(S)-malate(2-)
Reaction output - small molecules:
hydron
carbon dioxide
pyruvate
NADPH(4-)
Reactome.org link: R-HSA-9012036