LDHAL6B (L-lactate dehydrogenase A-like 6B) catalyzes the reaction of PYR (pyruvate) and NADH + H+ to form LACT (lactate) and NAD+. The LDHAL6B protein is the inferred product of an open reading frame transcribed in the testis (Wang et al. 2005). Its mitochondrial localization is inferred from the presence of a mitochondrial localization sequence at its amino terminus (Holmes and Goldberg 2009). A physiological role for lactate formation from the abundant pyruvate and NADH expected in rapidly respiring mitochondria is not straightforward to imagine, however.
Holmes, RS, Goldberg, E
Wang, H, Sha, J, Xu, Z, Zhou, Z, Lu, L
L-lactate dehydrogenase activity of LDHAL6B [mitochondrial matrix]
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