The molecule is a 2-hydroxydicarboxylic acid that is glutaric acid in which one hydrogen alpha- to a carboxylic acid group is substituted by a hydroxy group. It has a role as a metabolite and a mouse metabolite. It derives from a glutaric acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 2-hydroxyglutarate(1-) and a 2-hydroxyglutarate.
2-hydroxypentanedioic acid