6-Phosphogluconic acid
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| IUPAC name
6-O-Phosphono-D-gluconic acid
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| Systematic IUPAC name
(2R,3S,4R,5R)-2,3,4,5-Tetrahydroxy-6-(phosphonooxy)hexanoic acid | |
| Other names
6-Phosphogluconate
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.011.882 |
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| MeSH | 6-phosphogluconate |
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| Properties | |
| C6HO10P | |
| Molar mass | 264.038 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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6-Phosphogluconic acid (with conjugate base 6-phosphogluconate) is a phosphorylated sugar acid which appears in the pentose phosphate pathway and the Entner–Doudoroff pathway.[1]
During the oxidative phase of the pentose phosphate pathway, it is formed from 6-phosphogluconolactone by 6-phosphogluconolactonase, and in turn, it is converted to ribulose 5-phosphate by phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, in an oxidative decarboxylation which also produces NADPH.
In those microorganisms which host the Entner-Doudoroff pathway, 6-phosphogluconic acid may also be acted upon by 6-phosphogluconate dehydratase to produce 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate.
See also
References
- ^ Romano, A. H.; Conway, T. (1996-07-01). "Evolution of carbohydrate metabolic pathways". Research in Microbiology. 147 (6): 448–455. doi:10.1016/0923-2508(96)83998-2. ISSN 0923-2508. PMID 9084754.

