P. Jordan, K. Cheung, Ramavatar Sharma
Feb 12, 1993
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
Abstract Glutamate 1-semialdehyde is shown to exist in a cyclic form, 5-amino-6-hydroxy-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyran-2-one (HAT), which explains its unexpectedly high stability for an α-aminoaldehyde. It is proposed that the cyclic form is the actual intermediate in the biosynthesis of tetrapyrroles.