Glutamate-5-semialdehyde
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| IUPAC name
(2S)-2-Amino-5-oxopentanoic acid | |
| Other names
L-Glutamate gamma-semialdehyde; gamma-Glutamyl semialdehyde | |
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| PubChem | 4392 |
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| Properties | |
| C5H9NO3 | |
| Molar mass | 131.13 g·mol−1 |
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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Glutamate-5-semialdehyde is a non-proteinogenic amino acid involved in the biosynthesis of proline and arginine (via ornithine), as well as in the biosynthesis of antibiotics, such as carbapenems. It is synthesized by the reduction of glutamyl-5-phosphate by glutamate-5-semialdehyde dehydrogenase.
See also
References
- Baich A (1971). "The biosynthesis of proline in Escherichia coli: phosphate-dependent glutamate -semialdehyde dehydrogenase (NADP), the second enzyme in the pathway". Biochim. Biophys. Acta 244 (1): 129–34. doi:10.1016/0304-4165(71)90129-2. PMID 4399189.
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