Description
Acts equally well on hydrated NADH and hydrated NADPH. NAD(P)H spontaneously hydrates to both the (6S)- and (6R)- isomers, and these are interconverted by EC 5.1.99.6, NAD(P)H-hydrate epimerase, to a 60:40 ratio. Hence EC 4.2.1.93 together with EC 5.1.99.6 can restore the mixture of hydrates into NAD(P)H. The enzyme from eukaryotes has no activity with ADP, contrary to the enzyme from bacteria (cf. EC 4.2.1.136, ADP-dependent NAD(P)H-hydrate dehydratase)