Production
α-Ketoglutarate can be produced by:
- Oxidative decarboxylation of isocitrate by isocitrate dehydrogenase;
- Oxidative deamination of glutamate by glutamate dehydrogenase.
Alpha-ketoglutarate can be used to produce:
- Creatine-alpha ketoglutarate
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