An Improved Preparation of D??Glyceraldehyde 3??Phosphate and Its Use in the Synthesis of 1??Deoxy??D??xylulose 5??Phosphate

…, J Tian, H Wang, SQ Yang, WY Gao

Index: Li, Heng; Tian, Jie; Wang, Hui; Yang, Shao-Qing; Gao, Wen-Yun Helvetica Chimica Acta, 2010 , vol. 93, # 9 p. 1745 - 1750

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Abstract

Abstract D-Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (= D-GAP; 2) was prepared by an improved chemical method (Scheme 2), and it was then employed to synthesize 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5- phosphate (= DXP; 3) which is enzymatically one of the key intermediates in the MEP (4) terpenoid biosynthetic pathway (Scheme 1). The recombinant DXP synthase of Rhodobacter capsulatus was used to catalyze the condensation of D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (2) ...