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Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)

1 reactions · 1 pathways

Clinical / pharmacological. Regenerates NAD+ anaerobically; LDHA deficiency causes exercise-induced myoglobinuria

What it does, reaction by reaction

1 reactions

Anaerobic Glycolysis / Lactic Acid Fermentation Energy Metabolism & Cellular Respiration · Cytosol

step 11 Reversible

Pyruvate + NADH + H+ ⇌ lactate + NAD+

Converts Pyruvate NADH H+ into Lactate NAD+

Notes

Required cofactor: NADH/NAD+. This reversible reaction is the defining fermentation step; it produces no additional ATP but is indispensable for maintaining the NAD+ required by glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase when cytosolic NADH cannot be reoxidized sufficiently through mitochondrial shuttles and the ETC.

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What accelerates and inhibits it

Regulation is pathway-specific, so each context is listed separately

1 entries

Anaerobic Glycolysis / Lactic Acid Fermentation

Listed there as: Lactate dehydrogenase

Accelerated by

Pyruvate and NADH availability; high cytosolic NADH/NAD+ ratio favors lactate formation

Inhibited by

Product/thermodynamic limitation by high lactate and NAD+; no primary allosteric inhibitor of central control

Hormonal control

No dominant acute direct hormonal switch; hormonal changes in glycolytic flux and perfusion indirectly affect lactate production

Recent literature

Europe PMC · from cache · sorted by publication date

  1. 1
    Endoscopic Visualization of a Jejuno-Colonic Fistula in a Case of Monomorphic Epitheliotropic Intestinal T-Cell Lymphoma.

    Ota K, Matsuno Y, Taniguchi Y, Imazu N, Kawatoko S, Ihara Y, Nagasue T, Kawasaki K, Moriyama T, Umeno J. · 2026-06-15

    open access unreviewed
  2. 2
    Redox-mediated mitochondrial collapse drives intrinsic apoptotic signaling in ELT3 cells response to apigenin.

    Sutjarit S, Setthawongsin C, Sakulthaew C, Meekhanon N, Ochiai K. · 2026-07-20

    unreviewed
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    Association of LDH-derived biochemical ratios with severe pre-eclampsia: a multicenter retrospective cohort study.

    Geyik Bayman M, Türen Demir E, Kılıç O, Metin ÜS, Kulhan NG, Doğru Ş, Günenç O, Esenkaya Ü, Büyükeren M. · 2026-07-16

    unreviewed
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    An mRNA-LNP vaccine expressing TP0435 provides protective immunity in rabbits against <i>Treponema pallidum</i> challenge.

    Lu Z, Lu Y, Liu D, Du F, Wu Q, Liao G, Wu Y, Zhang RL, Zhou J, Wang QQ. · 2026-06-21

    open access unreviewed
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    Inhibition of Aryl hydrocarbon receptor Interleukin-22 signaling and worsening of intestinal inflammation by <i>Sutterella</i> species.

    Dupraz L, Orianne G, Da Costa G, Gauthier R, Blondeau A, Boinet M, Farfar A, Creusot L, Magniez A, Dubois L, … · 2026-06-21

    open access unreviewed
  8. 8
    Successful treatment of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease with TAFRO and kidney involvement: case report and literature review.

    Kamal AI, Doppalapudi H, Ho T, Vilayet S, Pasham V, Budisavljevic M, Achanti A. · 2026-06-17

    open access unreviewed
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    Gut microbial markers of immunotherapy response in melanoma: a cross-cohort analysis including the first Russian dataset.

    Strokach A, Zakharevich N, Aginova V, Grigoryevskaya Z, Petukhova I, Bagirova N, Romanov M, Dyachkova M, Moro… · 2026-06-15

    open access unreviewed

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