Biosynthesis of type-III porphyrins: nature of the rearrangement process

1 January 1973

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 13,p. 442-443
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39730000442

Abstract

During the biosynthesis of the macrocycle of natural porphyrins (type-III isomer), the porphobilinogen (PBG) unit forming ring D, and no other PBG unit, is found to undergo intramolecular rearrangement; ¹³C-n.m.r. measurements using double labelled [2,11-¹³C₂] PBG were used.

Keywords

TYPE III
PORPHYRINS
N.M.R
DOUBLE
ISOMER
PORPHOBILINOGEN
13C2
INTRAMOLECULAR