Hydroxyacid-oxoacid transhydrogenase explained

hydroxyacid-oxoacid transhydrogenase
Ec Number:	1.1.99.24
Cas Number:	117698-31-4
Go Code:	0047988

In enzymology, a hydroxyacid-oxoacid transhydrogenase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

(S)-3-hydroxybutanoate + 2-oxoglutarate

\rightleftharpoons acetoacetate + (R)-2-hydroxyglutarate

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are (S)-3-hydroxybutanoate and 2-oxoglutarate, whereas its two products are acetoacetate and (R)-2-hydroxyglutarate.

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the CH-OH group of donor with other acceptors. The systematic name of this enzyme class is (S)-3-hydroxybutanoate:2-oxoglutarate oxidoreductase. This enzyme is also called transhydrogenase, hydroxy acid-oxo acid.^[1]

See also

• D2HGDH
• L2HGDH
• 2-hydroxyglutarate synthase
• 2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase
• Alpha-Hydroxyglutaric acid
• 2-Hydroxyglutaric aciduria

Notes and References

1. Kaufman EE, Nelson T, Fales HM, Levin DM . 1988 . Isolation and characterization of a hydroxyacid-oxoacid transhydrogenase from rat kidney mitochondria . J. Biol. Chem. . 263 . 16872 - 9 . 3182820 . 32 .