2-hydroxyglutarate transhydrogenase, and minor D-lactate dehydrogenase; converts D-2-hydroxyglutarate (D-2HG), an oncometabolite, to alpha-ketoglutarate in the presence of FAD, with concomitant reduction of pyruvate to D-lactate; minor lactate dehydrogenase activity; component of the retrograde regulon that consists of genes whose expression are stimulated by damage to mitochondria and reduced in cells grown with glutamate as the sole nitrogen source; located in the cytoplasm [Source:SGD;Acc:S000000797]
Chromosome V: 16,355-17,845 forward strand.
R64-1-1:BK006939.2
This gene has 1 transcript (splice variant), 357 orthologues and 2 paralogues.