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Shikimic acid

Index Shikimic acid

Shikimic acid, more commonly known as its anionic form shikimate, is a cyclohexene, a cyclitol and a cyclohexanecarboxylic acid. [1]

78 relations: Adenosine triphosphate, Algae, Alkaloid, Alpha-Ketoglutaric acid, Amino acid, Aminoshikimate pathway, Aminoshikimic acid, Ammonia, Aromatic amino acid, Autotroph, Bacteria, Biochemistry (journal), Chorismate mutase, Chorismate synthase, Chorismic acid, Cinnamic acid, Claisen rearrangement, Coumarin, Cyatheales, Cyclitol, Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, Cyclohexene, DAHP synthase, Edwin Haslam, Enzyme, EPSP synthase, Erythrose 4-phosphate, Escherichia coli, Essential amino acid, Fiddlehead fern, Flavonoid, Fungus, Gallic acid, Genetically modified crops, Glutamic acid, Glyphosate, Hydrolysable tannin, Hydroxy group, Illicium anisatum, Illicium verum, Indole, Ion, Johann Frederik Eijkman, Kendall Houk, Lignin, Liquidambar styraciflua, List of IARC Group 3 carcinogens, Metabolite, Mycosporine-like amino acid, N,N-Dimethyltryptamine, ..., Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, Oseltamivir, Oxidative decarboxylation, Phenylalanine, Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, Phenylketonuria, Phenylpropanoids metabolism, Phosphoenolpyruvic acid, Phosphorylation, Pine, Prephenic acid, Protecting group, Shikimate dehydrogenase, Shikimate kinase, Shikimic acid, Substrate (chemistry), Tannin, Transamination, Tryptophan, Tyrosine, University of Maine, (6S)-6-Fluoroshikimic acid, 3-dehydroquinate dehydratase, 3-dehydroquinate synthase, 3-Dehydroquinic acid, 3-Dehydroshikimic acid, 3-Deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonic acid 7-phosphate. Expand index (28 more) »

Adenosine triphosphate

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a complex organic chemical that participates in many processes.

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Algae

Algae (singular alga) is an informal term for a large, diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that are not necessarily closely related, and is thus polyphyletic.

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Alkaloid

Alkaloids are a class of naturally occurring chemical compounds that mostly contain basic nitrogen atoms.

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Alpha-Ketoglutaric acid

α-Ketoglutaric acid (2-oxoglutaric acid) is one of two ketone derivatives of glutaric acid.

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Amino acid

Amino acids are organic compounds containing amine (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) functional groups, along with a side chain (R group) specific to each amino acid.

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Aminoshikimate pathway

The Aminoshikimate pathway is a biochemical pathway present in some plants, which has been studied by biologists, biochemists and especially those interested in manufacture of novel antibiotic drugs.

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Aminoshikimic acid

Aminoshikimic acid is a synthetic crystalline carboxylic acid.

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Ammonia

Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH3.

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Aromatic amino acid

An aromatic amino acid (AAA) is an amino acid that includes an aromatic ring.

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Autotroph

An autotroph ("self-feeding", from the Greek autos "self" and trophe "nourishing") or producer, is an organism that produces complex organic compounds (such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins) from simple substances present in its surroundings, generally using energy from light (photosynthesis) or inorganic chemical reactions (chemosynthesis).

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Bacteria

Bacteria (common noun bacteria, singular bacterium) is a type of biological cell.

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Biochemistry (journal)

Biochemistry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of biochemistry.

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Chorismate mutase

In enzymology, chorismate mutase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction for the conversion of chorismate to prephenate in the pathway to the production of phenylalanine and tyrosine, also known as the shikimate pathway.

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Chorismate synthase

In enzymology, a chorismate synthase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, 5-O-(1-carboxyvinyl)-3-phosphoshikimate, and two products, chorismate and phosphate.

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Chorismic acid

Chorismic acid, more commonly known as its anionic form chorismate, is an important biochemical intermediate in plants and microorganisms.

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Cinnamic acid

Cinnamic acid is an organic compound with the formula C6H5CHCHCO2H.

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Claisen rearrangement

The Claisen rearrangement (not to be confused with the Claisen condensation) is a powerful carbon–carbon bond-forming chemical reaction discovered by Rainer Ludwig Claisen.

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Coumarin

Coumarin (2H-chromen-2-one) is a fragrant organic chemical compound in the benzopyrone chemical class, although it may also be seen as a subclass of lactones.

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Cyatheales

The order Cyatheales, which includes the tree ferns, is a taxonomic division of the fern class, Polypodiopsida.

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Cyclitol

Cyclitols are cycloalkanes containing a hydroxyl group on each of three or more ring atoms.

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Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid

Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid is a cyclohexane with a carboxyl group affixed.

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Cyclohexene

Cyclohexene is a hydrocarbon with the formula C6H10.

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DAHP synthase

3-Deoxy-D-arabinoheptulosonate 7-phosphate (DAHP) synthase is the first enzyme in a series of metabolic reactions known as the shikimate pathway, which is responsible for the biosynthesis of the amino acids phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan.

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Edwin Haslam

Edwin Haslam (1932 – 3 October 2013) was an organic chemist and an author of books on polyphenols.

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Enzyme

Enzymes are macromolecular biological catalysts.

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EPSP synthase

5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase is an enzyme produced by plants and microorganisms.

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Erythrose 4-phosphate

Erythrose 4-phosphate is a phosphate of the simple sugar erythrose.

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Escherichia coli

Escherichia coli (also known as E. coli) is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, coliform bacterium of the genus Escherichia that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (endotherms).

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Essential amino acid

An essential amino acid, or indispensable amino acid, is an amino acid that cannot be synthesized ''de novo'' (from scratch) by the organism, and thus must be supplied in its diet.

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Fiddlehead fern

Fiddleheads or fiddlehead greens are the furled fronds of a young fern, harvested for use as a vegetable.

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Flavonoid

Flavonoids (or bioflavonoids) (from the Latin word flavus meaning yellow, their color in nature) are a class of plant and fungus secondary metabolites.

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Fungus

A fungus (plural: fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

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Gallic acid

Gallic acid (also known as 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid) is a trihydroxybenzoic acid, a type of phenolic acid, found in gallnuts, sumac, witch hazel, tea leaves, oak bark, and other plants.

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Genetically modified crops

Genetically modified crops (GMCs, GM crops, or biotech crops) are plants used in agriculture, the DNA of which has been modified using genetic engineering methods.

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Glutamic acid

Glutamic acid (symbol Glu or E) is an α-amino acid with formula.

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Glyphosate

Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant.

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Hydrolysable tannin

A hydrolyzable tannin or pyrogallol-type tannin is a type of tannin that, on heating with hydrochloric or sulfuric acids, yields gallic or ellagic acids.

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Hydroxy group

A hydroxy or hydroxyl group is the entity with the formula OH.

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Illicium anisatum

Illicium anisatum, with common names Japanese star anise, aniseed tree, and sacred anise tree, known in Japan as, is a tree closely related to the Chinese star anise (Illicium verum).

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Illicium verum

Illicium verum is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to northeast Vietnam and southwest China.

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Indole

Indole is an aromatic heterocyclic organic compound with formula C8H7N.

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Ion

An ion is an atom or molecule that has a non-zero net electrical charge (its total number of electrons is not equal to its total number of protons).

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Johann Frederik Eijkman

Johan Fredrik Eykman or Johann Frederik Eijkman (19 January 1851 – 7 January 1915) was a Dutch chemist.

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Kendall Houk

Kendall Newcomb Houk is the Saul Winstein Chair in Organic Chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Lignin

Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers that form important structural materials in the support tissues of vascular plants and some algae. Lignins are particularly important in the formation of cell walls, especially in wood and bark, because they lend rigidity and do not rot easily. Chemically, lignins are cross-linked phenolic polymers.

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Liquidambar styraciflua

American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), also known as American storax, hazel pine, bilsted, redgum, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, alligatorwood, or simply sweetgum, is a deciduous tree in the genus Liquidambar native to warm temperate areas of eastern North America and tropical montane regions of Mexico and Central America.

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List of IARC Group 3 carcinogens

Substances, mixtures and exposure circumstances in this list have been classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as Group 3: The agent (mixture or exposure circumstance) is not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans. This category is used most commonly for agents, mixtures and exposure circumstances for which the evidence of carcinogenicity is inadequate in humans and inadequate or limited in experimental animals.

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Metabolite

A metabolite is the intermediate end product of metabolism.

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Mycosporine-like amino acid

Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs) are small secondary metabolites produced by organisms that live in environments with high volumes of sunlight, usually marine environments.

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N,N-Dimethyltryptamine

N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT or N,N-DMT) is a tryptamine molecule which occurs in many plants and animals.

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a coenzyme found in all living cells.

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, abbreviated NADP or, in older notation, TPN (triphosphopyridine nucleotide), is a cofactor used in anabolic reactions, such as lipid and nucleic acid synthesis, which require NADPH as a reducing agent.

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Oseltamivir

Oseltamivir, sold under the brand name Tamiflu, is an antiviral medication used to treat and prevent influenza A and influenza B (flu).

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Oxidative decarboxylation

Oxidative decarboxylation reactions are oxidation reactions in which a carboxylate group is removed, forming carbon dioxide.

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Phenylalanine

Phenylalanine (symbol Phe or F) is an α-amino acid with the formula.

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Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase

Phenylalanine ammonia lyase is an enzyme that catalyzes a reaction converting L-phenylalanine to ammonia and ''trans''-cinnamic acid.

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Phenylketonuria

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inborn error of metabolism that results in decreased metabolism of the amino acid phenylalanine.

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Phenylpropanoids metabolism

The biosynthesis of phenylpropanoids involves a number of enzymes.

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Phosphoenolpyruvic acid

Phosphoenolpyruvate (2-phosphoenolpyruvate, PEP) as the ester derived from the enol of pyruvate and phosphate.

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Phosphorylation

In chemistry, phosphorylation of a molecule is the attachment of a phosphoryl group.

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Pine

A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus,, of the family Pinaceae.

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Prephenic acid

Prephenic acid, commonly also known by its anionic form prephenate, is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of the aromatic amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine, as well as of a large number of secondary metabolites of the shikimate pathway.

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Protecting group

A protecting group or protective group is introduced into a molecule by chemical modification of a functional group to obtain chemoselectivity in a subsequent chemical reaction.

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Shikimate dehydrogenase

In enzymology, a shikimate dehydrogenase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are shikimate and NADP+, whereas its 3 products are 3-dehydroshikimate, NADPH, and H+.

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Shikimate kinase

Shikimate kinase is an enzyme that catalyzes the ATP-dependent phosphorylation of shikimate to form shikimate 3-phosphate.

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Shikimic acid

Shikimic acid, more commonly known as its anionic form shikimate, is a cyclohexene, a cyclitol and a cyclohexanecarboxylic acid.

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Substrate (chemistry)

In chemistry, a substrate is typically the chemical species being observed in a chemical reaction, which reacts with a reagent to generate a product.

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Tannin

Tannins (or tannoids) are a class of astringent, polyphenolic biomolecules that bind to and precipitate proteins and various other organic compounds including amino acids and alkaloids.

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Transamination

Transamination, a chemical reaction that transfers an amino group to a ketoacid to form new amino acids.

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Tryptophan

Tryptophan (symbol Trp or W) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins.

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Tyrosine

Tyrosine (symbol Tyr or Y) or 4-hydroxyphenylalanine is one of the 20 standard amino acids that are used by cells to synthesize proteins.

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University of Maine

The University of Maine (also referred to as UMaine, Maine or UMO) is a public research university in Orono, Maine, United States.

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(6S)-6-Fluoroshikimic acid

(6S)-6-Fluoroshikimic acid is an antibacterial agent acting on the aromatic biosynthetic pathway.

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3-dehydroquinate dehydratase

In enzymology, a 3-dehydroquinate dehydratase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, 3-dehydroquinate, and two products, 3-dehydroshikimate and H2O.

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3-dehydroquinate synthase

In enzymology, a 3-dehydroquinate synthase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, 3-deoxy-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate, and two products, 3-dehydroquinate and phosphate.

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3-Dehydroquinic acid

3-Dehydroquinic acid (DHQ) is the first carbocyclic intermediate of the shikimate pathway.

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3-Dehydroshikimic acid

3-Dehydroshikimic acid is a chemical compound related to shikimic acid.

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3-Deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonic acid 7-phosphate

3-Deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonic acid 7-phosphate (DAHP) is a 7-carbon ulonic acid.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikimic_acid

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