= Alpha-ketoglutarate
<Alpha-ketoglutarate> is another name for <2-Oxoglutarate>, a five-carbon dicarboxylate containing a <ketone> adjacent to a carboxylate group. The names describe the same carbon skeleton using two positional naming conventions.
<Alpha-ketoglutarate> links the <citric acid cycle> with <amino acid> metabolism: <transamination> interconverts its carbon skeleton with that of <glutamic acid>. Its oxidative decarboxylation yields <succinyl-CoA> and <carbon dioxide>.<The citric acid cycle by Hans Adolf Krebs>[Table 1]{ref}
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