Geranial dehydrogenase explained

Geranial dehydrogenase
Ec Number:	1.2.1.86

Geranial dehydrogenase (GaDH, geoB (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name geranial:NAD⁺ oxidoreductase.^{[1] [2]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

geranial + H₂O + NAD⁺

\rightleftharpoons geranate + NADH + H⁺

Does not act on neral.

Notes and References

1. Wolken WA, van der Werf MJ . Geraniol biotransformation-pathway in spores of Penicillium digitatum . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology . 57 . 5-6 . 731–7 . December 2001 . 11778886 . 10.1007/s002530100821 .
2. Lüddeke F, Wülfing A, Timke M, Germer F, Weber J, Dikfidan A, Rahnfeld T, Linder D, Meyerdierks A, Harder J . Geraniol and geranial dehydrogenases induced in anaerobic monoterpene degradation by Castellaniella defragrans . Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 78 . 7 . 2128–36 . April 2012 . 22286981 . 3302621 . 10.1128/AEM.07226-11 .