Reaction: glutarate + 2-oxoglutarate + O2 = (S)-2-hydroxyglutarate + succinate + CO2
Other name(s): csiD (gene name)
Systematic name: glutarate, 2-oxoglutarate:oxygen oxidoreductase ((S)-2-hydroxyglutarate-forming)
Comments: Requires iron(II). The enzyme, characterized from the bacteria Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas putida, participates in L-lysine degradation in many bacteria. It provides an alternative route for L-glutarate degradation that does not proceed via CoA-activated intermediates.
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References:
1. Knorr, S., Sinn, M., Galetskiy, D., Williams, R.M., Wang, C., Muller, N., Mayans, O., Schleheck, D. and Hartig, J.S. Widespread bacterial lysine degradation proceeding via glutarate and L-2-hydroxyglutarate. Nat Commun 9 (2018) 5071. [PMID: 30498244]
2. Zhang, M., Gao, C., Guo, X., Guo, S., Kang, Z., Xiao, D., Yan, J., Tao, F., Zhang, W., Dong, W., Liu, P., Yang, C., Ma, C. and Xu, P. Increased glutarate production by blocking the glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenation pathway and a catabolic pathway involving L-2-hydroxyglutarate. Nat Commun 9 (2018) 2114. [PMID: 29844506]