Definition: 'Isocitrate Dehydrogenase'
isocitrate dehydrogenaseType: Term
1. one of two enzymes that catalyze the conversion of threo-ds-isocitrate, the product of the action of both aconitase and isocitrate lyase, to α-ketoglutarate (2-oxoglutarate) and CO2; one of the isozymes uses NAD
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