In enzymology, saccharopine dehydrogenase (NAD+, L-lysine-forming) () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
The three substrates of this enzyme are saccharopine, oxidised nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD<sup>+</sup>), and water. Its products are L-lysine, reduced NADH, ñ-ketoglutaric acid, and a proton.
This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the CH-NH group of donors with NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is N6-(L-1,3-dicarboxypropyl)-L-lysine:NAD+ oxidoreductase (L-lysine-forming). Other names in common use include lysine-2-oxoglutarate reductase, dehydrogenase, saccharopine (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide,, lysine forming), epsilon-N-(L-glutaryl-2)-L-lysine:NAD oxidoreductase (L-lysine, forming), N6-(glutar-2-yl)-L-lysine:NAD oxidoreductase (L-lysine-forming), 6-N-(L-1,3-dicarboxypropyl)-L-lysine:NAD+ oxidoreductase, and (L-lysine-forming). This enzyme participates in lysine biosynthesis and lysine degradation.
As of late 2007, only one structure has been solved for this class of enzymes, with the PDB accession code .