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Matched Description: … 2(alpha-D-mannosyl)-D-glycerate is a member of the chemical class known as Hexoses. These are ... monosaccharides in which the sugar unit is a hexose. Mannosylglycerate (MG) is a common compatible ... is the only Gram-positive bacterium known to synthesize the compatible solute mannosylglycerate (MG …

Matched Description: … -ulosonic acid), which is a 9-carbon monosaccharide. (inferred from compound structure)

N ... -acetyl-D-neuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) is a precursor for producing many pharmaceutical drugs such as ... synthase is the Neu5Ac-9-P synthase. The Neu5Ac-9-P synthase is a cytosolic enzyme and …

Matched Description: … Ubiquinone-2 is a member of the chemical class known as Polyprenylbenzoquinones. These are ... (Ubiquinone-8) and in humans it normally has 10. Ubiquinone-2 is a “failed” or incomplete version of ... polyprenyltransferase. Ubiquionone is involved in cellular respiration. It is fat-soluble and is therefore mobile …

Matched Description: … Ubiquinone-9 is a member of the chemical class known as Polyprenylbenzoquinones. These are ... (Ubiquinone-8) and in humans it normally has 10. Ubiquinone-9 is an extended version of Ubiquinone 8 that ... . Ubiquionone is involved in cellular respiration. It is fat-soluble and is therefore mobile in cellular …

Matched Description: … Cysteine is a naturally occurring, sulfur-containing amino acid that is found in most proteins ... , although only in small quantities. Cysteine is unique amongst the twenty natural amino acids as it ... contains a thiol group. Thiol groups can undergo oxidation/reduction (redox) reactions; when cysteine is …

Matched Description: … Valine is an alpha-amino acid with the chemical formula HO2CCH(NH2)CH(CH3)2. L-Valine is one of 20 ... proteinogenic amino acids. Its codons are GUU, GUC, GUA, and GUG. This amino acid is classified as ... nonpolar. Along with leucine and isoleucine, valine is a branched-chain amino acid. It is named after the plant valerian. (Wikipedia) …

Matched Description: … Cinnamic acid has the formula C6H5CHCHCOOH and is an odorless white crystalline acid, which is ... components in the essential oil of cinnamon. It is involved in E. coli's aromatic compound metabolism ... and 3-phenylpropanoate degradation. Cinnamic acid is also part of the biosynthetic shikimate and …

Matched Description: … Cob(I)yrinate a,c diamide is an intermediate in porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism. It is the ... sixth to last step in the synthesis of vitamin B12 coenzyme and is converted from Cob(II)yrinate a,c ... diamide via the enzyme cob(II)yrinic acid a,c-diamide reductase [EC:1.16.8.1]. It is then converted to …

Matched Description: … Arsenite is a chemical compound containing an arsenic oxoanion where arsenic has oxidation state +3 ... .; In chemistry an arsenite is a chemical compound containing an arsenic oxoanion where arsenic has ... members of group 15, phosphite which has the structure [HPO3]2− and nitrite, NO2− which is …

Matched Description: … straight aliphatic chain. (inferred from compound structure)Caprylic acid is invovled in Biosynthesis of ... Fatty acid biosynthesis. (KEGG)Caprylic acid is the common name for the eight-carbon saturated fatty ... acid known by the systematic name octanoic acid. It is found naturally in the milk of various …

Matched Description: … Tartaric acid is a white crystalline organic acid. Salts of tartaric acid are known as tartrates ... . It is a dihydroxy derivative of dicarboxylic acid. Naturally-occurring tartaric acid is chiral ... , meaning that it has molecules that are non-superimposable on their mirror-images. It is a useful raw …

Matched Description: … straight aliphatic chain. (inferred from compound structure)Caprylic acid is invovled in Biosynthesis of ... Fatty acid biosynthesis. (KEGG)Caprylic acid is the common name for the eight-carbon saturated fatty ... acid known by the systematic name octanoic acid. It is found naturally in the milk of various …

Matched Description: … Ureidopropionic acid is an intermediate in the metabolism of uracil. More specifically it is a ... breakdown product of dihydrouracil and is produced by the enzyme dihydropyrimidase. It is further ... decomposed to beta-alanine via the enzyme beta-ureidopropionase. Ureidopropionic acid is essentially a …

Matched Description: … Glycerophosphorylcholine (GPC) is a choline derivative and one of the two major forms of choline ... storage (along with phosphocholine) in the cytosol. Glycerophosphorylcholine is also osmolyte. GPC is ... an intermediate of glycerophospholipid metabolism. It is converted from both 2-acyl-sn-glycero-3 …

Matched Description: … Guanine is one of the five main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA. Guanine is a ... bonds. Being unsaturated, the bicyclic molecule is planar. The guanine nucleoside is called guanosine ... phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT, EC 2.4.2.8) is a purine salvage enzyme that catalyses the conversion of hypoxanthine …

Matched Description: … 2-Isopropyl-3-oxosuccinate is an intermediate in leucine biosynthesis and can be generated from (2R ... ,3S)-3-Isopropylmalate. It is the third step in leucine biosynthesis after the fork from valine ... synthesis. It is an oxidative decarboxylation. Leucine biosynthesis involves a five-step conversion …

Matched Description: … CMP-3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate is a member of the chemical class known as Pyrimidine Nucleotide ... phosphate group. CMP KDO is involved in the biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharides. CKS is a pharmaceutical ... target because CMP-KDO is used in the biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharides that are vital for Gram …

Matched Description: … (p)ppGpp, guanosine pentaphosphate or tetraphosphate is an alarmone which is involved in the ... stringent response in bacteria, causing the inhibition of RNA synthesis when there is a shortage of amino ... conserved. (p)ppGpp is an effector molecule which is produced as a result of amino acid starvation within a bacterial cell. …

Matched Description: … FMNH2 is the reduced form of flavin mononucleotide. It is a substrate of the enzyme FMN reductase ... +. Flavin mononucleotide (FMN), or riboflavin-5′-phosphate, is a biomolecule produced from ... . FMN is a stronger oxidizing agent than NAD and is particularly useful because it can take part in both one- and two-electron transfers. …

Matched Description: … Glycerylphosphorylethanolamine is membrane breakdown product resulting from the cleavage of the ... ). Phosphatidylethanolamine is one of the major lipid constituents of E. coli. …

Matched Description: … Sulfite is a doubly negatively charged anion containing 1 sulfur and 3 oxygens. Endogenous sulfite ... is generated as a consequence of the normal processing of sulfur-containing amino acids. In E.coli …

Matched Description: … 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, or p-hydroxybenzoic acid, is a phenolic derivative of benzoic acid. It a ... white crystalline solid that is slightly soluble in water and chloroform, but well soluble in alcohols, ether, and acetone. …

Matched Description: … consecutively linked isoprene units. (inferred from compound structure)2-octaprenylphenol is ... . (KEGG)Octaprenylphenol is the CoQ biosynthetic intermediate found to accumulate in E. Coli. (PMID 10960098) …

Matched Description: … Arbutin 6-phosphate is a member of the chemical class known as Hexose phosphates. These are phospho-monosaccharides in which the sugar unit is a hexose. …

Matched Description: … Galactitol 1-phosphate is a member of the chemical class known as Hexoses. These are monosaccharides in which the sugar unit is a hexose. …