2-Ketoglutaric acid Sodium - CAS 22202-68-2

2-Ketoglutaric acid Sodium (AKG) is a key molecule in the TCA cycle. It can be produced from glutamate by oxidative deamination via glutamate dehydrogenase and as a product of pyridoxal phosphate-dependent transamination reactions (mediated by branched-chain amino acid transaminases) in which glutamate is a common amino donor.

Endogenous Metabolite, Tyrosinase

Proteases/Proteasome, Metabolism

22132

>99.99%

C5H5NaO5

168.08

[Na+].OC(=O)CCC(=O)C([O-])=O

-20°C

Ice Packs

Natural Product