PREBIOTIC SYNTHESIS OF OROTIC-ACID PARALLEL TO THE BIOSYNTHETIC-PATHWAY

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YAMAGATA, Y
SASAKI, K
TAKAOKA, O
SANO, S
INOMATA, K
KANEMITSU, K
INOUE, Y
MATSUMOTO, I
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[1] KANAZAWA UNIV,FAC SCI,DEPT CHEM,KANAZAWA,ISHIKAWA 920,JAPAN
[2] KANAZAWA MED UNIV,MED RES INST,DIV HUMAN GENET & ANTHROPOL,KAHOKU,ISHIKAWA 92002,JAPAN
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ORIGINS OF LIFE AND EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE | 1990年 / 20卷 / 05期
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10.1007/BF01808133
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Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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By heating an aqueous solution of aspartic acid and urea, carbamylaspartic acid is first formed and then the molecule is cyclized to dihydroorotic acid (DHO) with loss of water. Irradiation of an aqueous solution of DHO with a tungsten lamp yields orotic acid by photo-dehydrogenation of the molecule. This pathway of orotic acid formation is quite similar to that of biosynthesis of the molecule.
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