PMID- 28358347 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 2079-7737 (Print) IS - 2079-7737 (Electronic) IS - 2079-7737 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 2 DP - 2017 Mar 30 TI - The Enzymology of 2-Hydroxyglutarate, 2-Hydroxyglutaramate and 2-Hydroxysuccinamate and Their Relationship to Oncometabolites. LID - 10.3390/biology6020024 [doi] LID - 24 AB - Many enzymes make "mistakes". Consequently, repair enzymes have evolved to correct these mistakes. For example, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase (mMDH) slowly catalyze the reduction of 2-oxoglutarate (2-OG) to the oncometabolite l-2-hydroxyglutarate (l-2-HG). l-2-HG dehydrogenase corrects this error by converting l-2-HG to 2-OG. LDH also catalyzes the reduction of the oxo group of 2-oxoglutaramate (2-OGM; transamination product of l-glutamine). We show here that human glutamine synthetase (GS) catalyzes the amidation of the terminal carboxyl of both the l- and d- isomers of 2-HG. The reaction of 2-OGM with LDH and the reaction of l-2-HG with GS generate l-2-hydroxyglutaramate (l-2-HGM). We also show that l-2-HGM is a substrate of human omega-amidase. The product (l-2-HG) can then be converted to 2-OG by l-2-HG dehydrogenase. Previous work showed that 2-oxosuccinamate (2-OSM; transamination product of l-asparagine) is an excellent substrate of LDH. Finally, we also show that human omega-amidase converts the product of this reaction (i.e., l-2-hydroxysuccinamate; l-2-HSM) to l-malate. Thus, omega-amidase may act together with hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenases to repair certain "mistakes" of GS and LDH. The present findings suggest that non-productive pathways for nitrogen metabolism occur in mammalian tissues in vivo. Perturbations of these pathways may contribute to symptoms associated with hydroxyglutaric acidurias and to tumor progression. Finally, methods for the synthesis of l-2-HGM and l-2-HSM are described that should be useful in determining the roles of omega-amidase/4- and 5-C compounds in photorespiration in plants. FAU - Hariharan, Vivek A AU - Hariharan VA AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10590, USA. hariharanviv@gmail.com. FAU - Denton, Travis T AU - Denton TT AD - Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, College of Pharmacy, Spokane, WA 99210-1495, USA. travis.denton@wsu.edu. FAU - Paraszcszak, Sarah AU - Paraszcszak S AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10590, USA. sparaszczak@umass.edu. FAU - McEvoy, Kyle AU - McEvoy K AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10590, USA. kyle_mcevoy@nymc.edu. FAU - Jeitner, Thomas M AU - Jeitner TM AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10590, USA. thomas_jeitner@nymc.edu. FAU - Krasnikov, Boris F AU - Krasnikov BF AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10590, USA. boris_krasnikov@nymc.edu. FAU - Cooper, Arthur J L AU - Cooper AJ AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10590, USA. arthur_cooper@nymc.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170330 PL - Switzerland TA - Biology (Basel) JT - Biology JID - 101587988 PMC - PMC5485471 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 2-hydroxyglutaramate OT - 2-hydroxyglutarate OT - 2-hydroxysuccinamate OT - 2-oxoglutaramate OT - 2-oxoglutarate OT - asparagine transaminase OT - glutamine synthetase OT - glutamine transaminases OT - omega-Amidase COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2017/03/31 06:00 MHDA- 2017/03/31 06:01 PMCR- 2017/06/01 CRDT- 2017/03/31 06:00 PHST- 2016/12/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/03/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/03/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/03/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/03/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/03/31 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2017/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - biology6020024 [pii] AID - biology-06-00024 [pii] AID - 10.3390/biology6020024 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Biology (Basel). 2017 Mar 30;6(2):24. doi: 10.3390/biology6020024.