Chemistry:3-Maleylpyruvic acid

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3-Maleylpyruvic acid
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Names
Preferred IUPAC name
(2Z)-4,6-Dioxohept-2-enedioic acid
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1725756
ChEBI
ChemSpider
KEGG
Properties
C7H6O6
Molar mass 186.119 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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3-Maleylpyruvic acid, or 3-maleylpyruvate, is a dicarboxylic acid formed by the oxidative ring opening of gentisic acid by gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase during the metabolism of tyrosine.[1] It is converted into 3-fumarylpyruvate by maleylpyruvate isomerase.[2]

References

  1. "Metabolites of aromatic compounds by microbes. Part VII. Gentisic acid oxidase". Bull. Agric. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 24: 243–248. 1960. 
  2. "Enzymic cis-trans isomerization of maleylpyruvic acid". J. Biol. Chem. 236 (11): 2835–2840. 1961. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)76386-8. PMID 14461395.