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Sigma-Aldrich

D-Erythronic acid potassium salt

≥97.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

(2R,3R)-2,3,4-Trihydroxybutanoic acid potassium salt, Potassium D-erythronate

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C4H8O5 · xK+
CAS Number:
488-16-4
Molecular Weight:
136.10 (free acid basis)
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
329766064
NACRES:
NA.25

Quality Level

100

Assay

≥97.0% (GC)

form

powder

optical activity

[α]/D 12.0±2.0°, c = 1 in H2O

color

white to off-white

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

OC[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)C(O)=O.[K+]

InChI

1S/C4H8O5.K/c5-1-2(6)3(7)4(8)9;/h2-3,5-7H,1H2,(H,8,9);/q;+1/t2-,3-;/m1./s1

InChI key

NIBJBHRBFKKLFG-SWLXLVAMSA-N

Biochem/physiol Actions

Erythronic acid is a sugar component of aqueous humour (eye). Erythronic acid is a normal organic acid present in a healthy adult and pediatric population and has been found in urine, plasma, CSF, aqueous humour (eye) and synovial fluid. Erythronic acid is formed when GlcNAc is oxidised.

Other Notes

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Pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H315,H319,H335

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

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G Limberg et al.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 3(5), 487-494 (1995-05-01)
Aldonic acids containing four to six carbon atoms were tested as potential substrates of dihydroxy acid dehydratase (DHAD), an enzyme from the biosynthetic pathway of branched chain amino acids. Novel assay systems for observing the course of DHAD catalysed reactions
R E Hill et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 271(48), 30426-30435 (1996-11-29)
It is shown by incorporation experiments with 13C bond-labeled substrates, followed by analysis by means of 13C NMR spectroscopy, that two compounds, 1-deoxy-D-xylulose (12) and 4-hydroxy-L-threonine (), serve as precursors of pyridoxol (vitamin B6) (1) in Escherichia coli. Together, these
M Jahn et al.
Carbohydrate research, 321(3-4), 228-234 (1999-12-30)
Synovial fluid is a approximately 0.15% (w/v) aqueous solution of hyaluronic acid (HA), a polysaccharide consisting of alternating units of GlcA and GlcNAc. In synovial fluid of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, HA is thought to be degraded either by
Karsten Suhre et al.
PloS one, 5(11), e13953-e13953 (2010-11-19)
Metabolomics is the rapidly evolving field of the comprehensive measurement of ideally all endogenous metabolites in a biological fluid. However, no single analytic technique covers the entire spectrum of the human metabolome. Here we present results from a multiplatform study
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