Description
2-Ketoglutaric Acid is a derivative of glutaric acid and is an intermediate in the kreb’s cycle catalyzed by glutamate dehydrogenase enzyme on glutamate.A derivative of glutaric acid.General descriptionα-Ketoglutarate is a 2-oxocarboxylic acid (2-OCA) that is produced as a metabolite in the Kreb cycle.Applicationα-Ketoglutarate and L-arginine can be reduced with sodium cyanoborohydride to form diastereoisomers: nopaline and isoindole