Fumarylacetoacetic acid
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| Preferred IUPAC name (2E)-4,6-Dioxooct-2-enedioic acid | |
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| MeSH | Fumarylacetoacetate |
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| C8H8O6 | |
| Molar mass | 200.146 g·mol−1 |
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Fumarylacetoacetic acid (fumarylacetoacetate) is an intermediate in the metabolism of tyrosine. It is formed through the conversion of maleylacetoacetate into fumarylacetoacetate by the enzyme maleylacetoacetate isomerase.[1]
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References
- ^ W. E. Knox and M. LeMay-Knox (1951). "The oxidation in liver of l-tyrosine to acetoacetate through p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate and homogentisic acid". Biochem. J. 49 (5): 686–693. doi:10.1042/bj0490686. PMC 1197578. PMID 14886367.
