Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Alpha-Ketobutyric acid α-Ketobutyric acid is a product of the lysis of cystathionine.It is also one of the degradation products of threonine produced by the catabolism of the amino acid by threonine dehydratase. It is also produced by the degradation of homocysteine and the metabolism of methionine. α-Ketobutyric acid is transported into the mitochondrial matrix where it is converted to propionyl-CoA by Branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase complex.
