MDH1

malate dehydrogenase 1

Summary

This gene encodes an enzyme that catalyzes the NAD/NADH-dependent, reversible oxidation of malate to oxaloacetate in many metabolic pathways, including the citric acid cycle. Two main isozymes are known to exist in eukaryotic cells: one is found in the mitochondrial matrix and the other in the cytoplasm. This gene encodes the cytosolic isozyme, which plays a key role in the malate-aspartate shuttle that allows malate to pass through the mitochondrial membrane to be transformed into oxaloacetate for further cellular processes. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. A recent study showed that a C-terminally extended isoform is produced by use of an alternative in-frame translation termination codon via a stop codon readthrough mechanism, and that this isoform is localized in the peroxisomes. Pseudogenes have been identified on chromosomes X and 6. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2016]

Known Variants22 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs2014410902:63,816,175A/Glikely benign
rs24685771002:63,816,475G/Cuncertain significance
rs2017587722:63,816,526A/Glikely benign
rs1996685152:63,821,685A/Guncertain significance
rs24686068652:63,822,568T/Clikely benign
rs788104592:63,824,528C/Alikely benign
rs5332615772:63,824,541G/Auncertain significance
rs7486645872:63,824,558C/Tlikely benign
rs24686158902:63,824,673G/Auncertain significance
rs2000766442:63,824,690C/Tlikely benign
rs17093405902:63,824,692C/Tpathogenic
rs9484627962:63,825,762T/G
rs24686506472:63,832,435G/Auncertain significance
rs1162323142:63,832,504G/Auncertain significance
rs7772734162:63,832,525G/Cuncertain significance
rs8924063512:63,833,088A/Guncertain significance
rs7469516142:63,833,098T/Cuncertain significance
rs2011066882:63,833,130G/Cuncertain significance
rs7748858092:63,833,141C/Tlikely benign
rs7773048232:63,834,033A/Cuncertain significance
rs17095436562:63,834,047G/Auncertain significance
rs2018603192:63,834,078C/Tuncertain significance

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.