lactaldehyde

Intermediates include methylglyoxal, 1,2-propanediol, lactaldehyde, and lactate, none which have been demonstrated to be overtly toxic.

Other names in common use include lactaldehyde dehydrogenase (NADP), and Gre2.

Methylglyoxal reductase and aldehyde dehydrogenase convert methylglyoxal into lactaldehyde and, eventually, L-lactate.

Lactaldehyde exists in several forms: in open-chain form and as cyclic hemiacetal; in solution and in crystal forms; as monomer and as dimer.

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are lactaldehyde and NADP, whereas its 3 products are methylglyoxal, NADPH, and H.

Other names in common use include lactaldehyde (reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate), reductase, NADP-1,2-propanediol dehydrogenase, propanediol dehydrogenase, 1,2-propanediol:NADP oxidoreductase, and lactaldehyde reductase (NADPH).