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UPDATE: The molecule is L-sedoheptulose 1,7-bisphosphate or L-altro-hept-2-ulose 1,7-bisphosphate. The D isomer is part of the pentose phosphate cycle and the Calvin cycle. The winner is Peter Monaghan.
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L-altro-hept-2-ulose 1,7-bisphosphate
ReplyDeletePeter Monaghan
Undergraduate
Molecule # 157 is L-sedoheptulose 1, 7-bisphosphate
ReplyDeleteSedoheptulose 1,7-bisphosphate.
ReplyDeleteHmm a tricksy one. There arent many naturally occurring heptoses (C7 sugars) which narrows things down a bit. Assuming you are using standard Fischer projection, this compound is "L-altro-heptulose-1,7-bisphosphate", i.e. the unnatural enantiomer of sedoheptulose, esterified twice with phosphoric acid.
ReplyDeletePedantic Chemist forsees some people will be tricked up by trying to compare the Fischer projection above, with the zigzag representation given on the wikipedia page for sedoheptulose.
It appears to be sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphate, an intermediate of the Calvin cycle.
ReplyDeleteYou appear however to show the L-stereoisomer, whereas it is the D-stereoisomer that is involved in the Calvin cycle
L-altro-hept-2-ulose 1,7-bis(dihydrogen phosphate), and you may call me the grand poobah of the Internets.
ReplyDeleteHi Larry,
ReplyDeleteThere is no L isomer of sedoheptulose: according to IUPAC definitions on the Nomenclature of Carbohydrates (www.iupac.org/publications/pac/1996/pdf/6810x1919.pdf ):
"Sedoheptulose is the accepted trivial name for D-altro-hept-2-ulose."
This is why I was so specific in naming the molecule not as L-sedoheptoluse 1,7-bisphopshate but L-altro-hept-2-ulose bisphopshate.
Thanks,
Peter
I think "glucose" is the accepted trivial name for D-glucose but that doesn't mean there's no L-glucose. It just means that you can't refer to The L-isomer using the trivial name alone.
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