The transaminase-omega-amidase pathway is a redox switch in glutamine metabolism that generates alpha-ketoglutarate
Niklas Herrle, Pedro Felipe Malacarne, Timothy Warwick, Alfredo Cabrera‐Orefice, Yiheng Chen, Maedeh Gheisari, Souradeep Chatterjee, Matthias S. Leisegang, Tamim Sarakpi, Sarah Wionski, Melina Lopez, Carine Kader, Tom Teichmann, Maria-Kyriaki Drekolia, Ina Koch, , Flávia Rezende
The paper identifies the transaminase-omega-amidase pathway as a redox-sensitive metabolic switch in endothelial glutamine metabolism, showing that NIT2 oxidation inhibits its activity and affects angiogenesis.
The EMBO Journal · Dec 17, 2025Peer-reviewedPhysiology