Malate Dehydrogenase is a simple redox reaction recognizable to students from the tricarboxylic acid cycle.  However, MDH plays a much more complicated role in a range of metabolic pathways supporting cellular function in a variety of states and organisms.  This diversity of metabolic roles and the regulation of its function make MDH a nearly endless source of interesting untapped research projects.  This is page contains the basics of MDH structure function and published works.

General Background (Faculty Only: Password Required: contact Ellis Bell, jbell@sandiego.edu to register for a password to access this material)

You will find the following sections:

-          A Brief Introduction to Malate Dehydrogenase

-          Introduction to the Role of the Active Site Loop Region of watermelon glyoxysomal MDH

-          Allosteric Regulation and Malate Dehydrogenases

-          Mammalian MDH Metabolism, Disease

Mammalian MDH Expression, Structure & Kinetics.   

-          Mammalian MDH Structure, Mechanism and Kinetics

-          Mammalian MDH and Hydroxyglutarate Metabolism

-          MDH Post Translational Modification: Phosphorylation, Methylation and Acetylation

-          MDH Protein-Protein Interactions