Protein Name glutamate dehydrogenase 2
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 2747
Gene Symbol

GLUD2

UniProt P49448 (DHE4_HUMAN), A0A140VK14 (A0A140VK14_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 55
Total Number of Articles : 64
Description

glutamate dehydrogenase 2

Gene Summary

The protein encoded by this gene is localized to the mitochondrion and acts as a homohexamer to recycle glutamate during neurotransmission. The encoded enzyme catalyzes the reversible oxidative deamination of glutamate to alpha-ketoglutarate. This gene is intronless.[provided by RefSeq, Jan 2010]

synonyms
  • glutamate dehydrogenase 2, mitochondrial
  • GDH 2
  • glutamate dehydrogenase pseudogene 1
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