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Lactate Dehydrogenase
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National Cancer Institute. Lactate Dehydrogenase. NCI Thesaurus. Code C25184.
A family of homotetrameric cytoplasmic enzymes involved in the conversion of L-lactate and NAD to pyruvate and NADH in the final step of anaerobic glycolysis. In vertebrates, genes for three different subunits (LDH-A, LDH-B and LDH-C) exist.
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