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. 1965 Feb;94(2):353–367. doi: 10.1042/bj0940353

The oxidation of d- and l-glycerate by rat liver

P D Dawkins 1, F Dickens 1
PMCID: PMC1206517  PMID: 14346088

Abstract

1. The interconversion of hydroxypyruvate and l-glycerate in the presence of NAD and rat-liver l-lactate dehydrogenase has been demonstrated. Michaelis constants for these substrates together with an equilibrium constant have been determined and compared with those for pyruvate and l-lactate. 2. The presence of d-glycerate dehydrogenase in rat liver has been confirmed and the enzyme has been purified 16–20-fold from the supernatant fraction of a homogenate, when it is free of l-lactate dehydrogenase, with a 23–29% recovery. The enzyme catalyses the interconversion of hydroxypyruvate and d-glycerate in the presence of either NAD or NADP with almost equal efficiency. d-Glycerate dehydrogenase also catalyses the reduction of glyoxylate, but is distinct from l-lactate dehydrogenase in that it fails to act on pyruvate, d-lactate or l-lactate. The enzyme is strongly dependent on free thiol groups, as shown by inhibition with p-chloromercuribenzoate, and in the presence of sodium chloride the reduction of hydroxypyruvate is activated. Michaelis constants for these substrates of d-glycerate dehydrogenase and an equilibrium constant for the NAD-catalysed reaction have been calculated. 3. An explanation for the lowered Vmax. with d-glycerate as compared with dl-glycerate for the rabbit-kidney d-α-hydroxy acid dehydrogenase has been proposed.

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