AKG – 2-Oxoglutarate

Name
WID	AKG
Name	2-Oxoglutarate
Traditional name	α-ketoglutarate
IUPAC name	2-oxopentanedioate
Cross references	BioCyc: 2-KETOGLUTARATE, ChEBI: 30915, CAS: 328-50-7, PubChem: 3328, PDBCCD: AKG, ... 4 more

Structure
Empirical formula (pH 7.5)	H₄C₅O₅
SMILES (pH 7.5)	[O-]C(=O)CCC(=O)C([O-])=O
Charge (pH 7.5)	-2
Is hydrophobic	False
Molecular weight (Da)	144.08
van der Waals volume (pH 7.5; Å³ molecule^‑1)	115.04
Δ_fG^'o (pH 7.5, 25C, I = 0; kJ mol^‑1)	-622.10
logP	-0.110
logD (pH 7.5)	-6.73

Function
Reaction participant	2-Oxoglutarate transport via proton symport AKG[e] + H[e] ⇔ AKG[c] + H[c] tyrosine transaminase [c]: GLU + HPHPYR ⇔ AKG + TYR phenylalanine transaminase [c]: GLU + PHPYR ⇔ AKG + PHE Aspartate aminotransferase [c]: GLU + OA ⇔ AKG + ASP

Metadata
Created	2012-10-01 15:06:50
Last updated	2012-10-01 15:11:53