IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 1.1.1.108

Accepted name: carnitine 3-dehydrogenase

Reaction: carnitine + NAD+ = 3-dehydrocarnitine + NADH + H+

Systematic name: carnitine:NAD+ 3-oxidoreductase

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, GTD, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 9045-45-8

References:

1. Aurich, H., Kleber, H.-P., Sorger, H. and Tauchert, H. Reinigung und Eigenschaften der Carnitindehydrogenase aus Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Eur. J. Biochem. 6 (1968) 196-201. [PMID: 4302217]

2. Schöpp, W., Sorger, H., Kleber, H.-P. and Aurich, H. Kinetische Untersuchungen zum Reaktionmechanisms der Carnitindehydrogenase aus Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Eur. J. Biochem. 10 (1969) 56-60. [PMID: 4310279]

[EC 1.1.1.108 created 1972]


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