alpha-Ketobutyric acid
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Alpha-Ketobutyric acid | |
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IUPAC name | 2-oxobutanoic acid |
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CAS number | [600-18-0] |
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SMILES | CCC(=O)C(=O)O |
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Molecular formula | C4H6O3 |
Molar mass | 102.089 g/mol |
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Alpha-ketobutyric acid is a product of the lysis of cystathionine.
It is also one of the degradation products of threonine.
It can be converted to propionyl-CoA (and subsequently methylmalonyl CoA, which can be converted to succinyl CoA, a CAC intermediate), and thus enter the citric acid cycle.
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