title: Stereospecificity of hydrogen transfer in the saccharopine dehydrogenase reaction.
abstract: The stereospecificity of hydrogen transfer in the synthesis of saccharopine from alpha-ketoglutarate and L-lysine catalyzed by saccharopine dehydrogenase (N5-(1,3-dicarboxypropyl)-L-lysine: NAD oxidoreductase (L-lysine-forming), EC 1.5.1.7) was examined by using [4A-3H]- and [4B-3H]NADH. The enzyme showed the A-stereospecificity. The NMR analysis of the saccharopine prepared with [4"A-2H]NADH revealed that the label was incorporated into the C-2 of the glutaryl moiety.
mesh_terms: D006859:Hydrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors / Q000378:metabolism*; D012443:Saccharopine Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D009243:NAD; D006859:Hydrogen; D000587:Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors; D012443:Saccharopine Dehydrogenases