Uses
3-Deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-Phosphate is an intermediate useful in the synthesis of 3-Deoxy-D-arabinoheptulosonic Acid 7-Phosphate Disodium Salt (D232050), which stands at the beginning of the enzyme-catalyzed cascade that starts with this seven-carbon carbohydrate and ends with the aromatic amino acids phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan.
Definition
ChEBI: 7-phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptonic acid is a ketoaldonic acid phosphate consisting of 2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptonic acid having a phospho group at the 7-position. It has a role as an Escherichia coli metabolite. It is a conjugate acid of a 7-phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-arabino-heptonate.
