basic FUNCTION
| may play pivotal roles in the malate-aspartate shuttle that operates in the metabolic coordination between cytosol and mitochondria |
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catalyzing the reversible oxidation of malate to oxaloacetate, utilizing the NAD/NADH cofactor system in the citric acid cycle |
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adipogenic differentiation may be regulated by the acetylation of MDH1 and that the acetylation of MDH1 is one of the cross-talk mechanisms between adipogenesis and the intracellular energy level  |
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cytosolic MDH1 activity helps support glycolysis in actively proliferating cells and cancer  |
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MPP7 and MDH1 are novel regulators of autophagy, which is thought to be responsible for pancreatic cancer cell survival  |