title: Identification of Escherichia coli YgaF as an L-2-hydroxyglutarate oxidase.
abstract: YgaF, a protein of previously unknown function in Escherichia coli, was shown to possess noncovalently bound flavin adenine dinucleotide and to exhibit L-2-hydroxyglutarate oxidase activity. The inability of anaerobic, reduced enzyme to reverse the reaction by reducing the product alpha-ketoglutaric acid is explained by the very high reduction potential (+19 mV) of the bound cofactor. The likely role of this enzyme in the cell is to recover alpha-ketoglutarate mistakenly reduced by other enzymes or formed during growth on propionate. On the basis of the identified function, we propose that this gene be renamed lhgO.
authors.affiliation: 6193 Biomedical Physical Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-4320, USA.
authors.forename: Efthalia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kalliri
authors.forename: Scott B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Mulrooney
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Hausinger
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D048168:Escherichia coli K12 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005977:Glutarates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005977:Glutarates; C019417:alpha-hydroxyglutarate; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C023858:2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase