2,3-Dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid

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2,3-Dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid

IUPAC name 2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid
Identifiers
CAS number	562-43-6
PubChem	8
ChemSpider	7^Y
KEGG	C04104^Y
MeSH	2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic+acid
Jmol-3D images	Image 1 Image 2
SMILES CCC(C)(C(C(=O)O)O)O O=C(O)C(O)C(O)(C)CC
InChI InChI=1S/C6H12O4/c1-3-6(2,10)4(7)5(8)9/h4,7,10H,3H2,1-2H3,(H,8,9)^Y Key: PDGXJDXVGMHUIR-UHFFFAOYSA-N^Y InChI=1/C6H12O4/c1-3-6(2,10)4(7)5(8)9/h4,7,10H,3H2,1-2H3,(H,8,9) Key: PDGXJDXVGMHUIR-UHFFFAOYAA
Properties
Molecular formula	C₆H₁₂O₄
Molar mass	148.16 g/mol
Y (verify) (what is: Y/N?) Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

2,3-Dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid is an intermediate in the metabolism of isoleucine.

Amino acid metabolism metabolic intermediates

K→acetyl-CoA

lysine→	Saccharopine · Allysine · α-Aminoadipic acid · α-Aminoadipate · Glutaryl-CoA · Glutaconyl-CoA · Crotonyl-CoA · β-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA

leucine→	α-Ketoisocaproic acid · Isovaleryl-CoA · 3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA · 3-Methylglutaconyl-CoA · HMG-CoA

tryptophan→alanine→	N'-Formylkynurenine · Kynurenine · Anthranilic acid · 3-Hydroxykynurenine · 3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid · 2-Amino-3-carboxymuconic semialdehyde · 2-Aminomuconic semialdehyde · 2-Aminomuconic acid · Glutaryl-CoA

G→pyruvate→citrate

glycine→serine→	3-Phosphoglyceric acid glycine→creatine: Glycocyamine · Phosphocreatine · Creatinine

G→glutamate→
α-ketoglutarate

histidine→	Urocanic acid · Imidazol-4-one-5-propionic acid · Formiminoglutamic acid · Glutamate-1-semialdehyde

proline→	1-Pyrroline-5-carboxylic acid

arginine→	Ornithine · Putrescine · Agmatine

other	cysteine+glutamate→glutathione: γ-Glutamylcysteine

G→propionyl-CoA→
succinyl-CoA

valine→	α-Ketoisovaleric acid · Isobutyryl-CoA · Methacrylyl-CoA · 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA · 3-Hydroxyisobutyric acid · 2-Methyl-3-oxopropanoic acid

isoleucine→	2,3-Dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid · 2-Methylbutyryl-CoA · Tiglyl-CoA · 2-Methylacetoacetyl-CoA

methionine→	generation of homocysteine: S-Adenosyl methionine · S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine · Homocysteine conversion to cysteine: Cystathionine · alpha-Ketobutyric acid+Cysteine

threonine→	α-Ketobutyric acid

propionyl-CoA→	Methylmalonyl-CoA

G→fumarate


phenylalanine→tyrosine→	4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid · Homogentisic acid · 4-Maleylacetoacetate

G→oxaloacetate

see urea cycle

Other


Cysteine metabolism	Cysteine sulfinic acid

M: MET

mt, k, c/g/r/p/y/i, f/h/s/l/o/e, a/u, n, m

k, cgrp/y/i, f/h/s/l/o/e, au, n, m, epon

m(A16/C10),i(k, c/g/r/p/y/i, f/h/s/o/e, a/u, n, m)

biochemical families: proteins (amino acids/intermediates) · nucleic acids (constituents/intermediates) · carbohydrates (glycoproteins, alcohols, glycosides)
lipids (fatty acids/intermediates, phospholipids, steroids, sphingolipids, eicosanoids) · tetrapyrroles/intermediates

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