Product Description: 3-Hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (3-HBDH) is a mitochondrial enzyme, is often used in biochemical studies. 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase is involved in the synthesis and degradation of ketone bodies and butanoate metabolism. 3-Hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase catalyzes (R)-3-hydroxybutanoate converts into acetoacetate[1].