α-ketoglutaric acid sodium

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.

2-Ketoglutaric acid potassium (Alpha-Ketoglutaric acid potassium) is an intermediate in the Krebs cycle where ATP or GTP is produced. It also serves as the primary carbon backbone in nitrogen assimilation reactions. Additionally, 2-Ketoglutaric acid potassium acts as a reversible inhibitor of tyrosinase with an IC50 value of 15 mM.

2-Ketoglutaric acid is a reversible inhibitor of tyrosinase (IC50=15 mM). 2-Ketoglutaric acid is an intermediate of the Krebs cycle and can produce either ATP or GTP. 2-Ketoglutaric acid also acts as a major carbon backbone for the nitrogen assimilation reaction.