Formula C6H11NO2 | Molar mass 129.157 g/mol | |
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What does pipecolic acid mean
Pipecolic acid (piperidine-2-carboxylic acid) is a small organic molecule which accumulates in pipecolic acidemia. It is a carboxylic acid of piperidine.
Contents
Gene music using protein sequence of pipox pipecolic acid oxidase
Biochemical effects
It can be associated with some forms of epilepsy.
CRYM, a taxon-specific crystallin protein that also binds thyroid hormones, is involved in the pipecolic acid pathway.
Environmental abundance and relevance
Pipecolic acid was identified in the Murchison meteorite.
Stereochemistry
Pipecolic acid, like many other α-amino acids, has a chiral stereocenter at the α carbon.
References
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