Mitochondrial malic enzyme; catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of malate to pyruvate, which is a key intermediate in sugar metabolism and a precursor for synthesis of several amino acids [Source:SGD;Acc:S000001512]
Chromosome XI: 382,716-384,725 reverse strand.
R64-1-1:BK006944.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant) and 651 orthologues.