What is the molecular weight (mw) of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH)?
Posted June 1, 2018
Answer
82 kDa
Alcohol dehydrogenases (ADH) oxidises alcohol into aldehydes orketones. The enzyme occurs in various mammalian tissues but is found in relatively high concentrations in liver and kidney. Alcohol dehydrogenase from equine liver is a homodimer with a molecular weight of 82,000 daltons, which is equivalent of 82,000 g/mol. Each monomer contains 374 amino acids and has a mass of 41 kDa.
Additional resources
Structure of horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase: I. Structural symmetry and conformational changes