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AAT Bioquest

What is the molecular weight (mw) of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH)?

Posted January 6, 2022


Answer

144 kDa

 

Lactate dehydrogenase is usually regarded as a tetramer of a molecular weight of 144,000 daltons, which is equivalent to 144,000 g/mol. It is composed of four subunits with a molecular weight 36,000 daltons each.

 

Additional resources

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/bi00846a025