Lysine 6-dehydrogenase

Lysine 6-dehydrogenase (EC 1.4.1.18, L-lysine epsilon-dehydrogenase, L-lysine 6-dehydrogenase, LysDH) is an enzyme with systematic name L-lysine:NAD⁺ 6-oxidoreductase (deaminating).^[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

L-lysine + NAD⁺ ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ (S)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine-2-carboxylate + NADH + H⁺ + NH₃ (overall reaction)

(1a) L-lysine + NAD⁺ + H₂O ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ (S)-2-amino-6-oxohexanoate + NADH + H⁺ + NH₃

(1b) (S)-2-amino-6-oxohexanoate ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ (S)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine-2-carboxylate + H₂O (spontaneous)

Lysine 6-dehydrogenase
Identifiers
EC no.	1.4.1.18
CAS no.	89400-30-6
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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The enzyme is highly specific for L-lysine as substrate, although S-(2-aminoethyl)-L-cysteine can act as a substrate, but more slowly.