Hydroxypyruvic acid

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Hydroxypyruvic acid
Structural formula
Ball-and-stick model
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
3-Hydroxy-2-oxopropanoic acid
Other names
Hydroxypyruvate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1721079
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
DrugBank
ECHA InfoCard 100.124.121 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 619-885-5
KEGG
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C3H4O4/c4-1-2(5)3(6)7/h4H,1H2,(H,6,7) checkY
    Key: HHDDCCUIIUWNGJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/C3H4O4/c4-1-2(5)3(6)7/h4H,1H2,(H,6,7)
    Key: HHDDCCUIIUWNGJ-UHFFFAOYAP
  • O=C(O)C(=O)CO
Properties
C3H4O4
Molar mass 104.06 g/mol
Appearance white solid
Melting point 202 °C (396 °F; 475 K)
Hazards[1]
GHS labelling:
GHS05: CorrosiveGHS07: Exclamation mark
Danger
H302, H314
P260, P264, P270, P280, P301+P312, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P330, P363, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Hydroxypyruvic acid is the organic compound with the formula HOCH2C(O)CO2H. It is a white solid. It is encountered in many biochemical contexts, being the oxidized derivative of lactic acid, a degradation product of RuBisCO, and the result of oxidative deamination of serine.[2]

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  1. ^ "3-Hydroxypyruvic acid". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  2. ^ Timm, Stefan; Florian, Alexandra; Jahnke, Kathrin; Nunes-Nesi, Adriano; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Bauwe, Hermann (2011). "The Hydroxypyruvate-Reducing System in Arabidopsis: Multiple Enzymes for the Same End". Plant Physiology. 155 (2): 694–705. doi:10.1104/pp.110.166538. PMC 3032460. PMID 21205613.