Biosynthesis of 5-aminolevulinic acid: involvement of a retention–inversion mechanism
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 16,p. 643-644
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39740000643
Abstract
It has previously been shown that in the bio-synthesis of 5-aminolevulinic acid the pro-2R-hydrogen atom of glycine is removed; the present work shows that the pro-2S-hydrogen atom of the precursor glycine occupies the S-configuration at C-5 of 5-aminolevulinic acid.Keywords
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