Alpha-Ketoisovaleric acid

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α-Ketoisovaleric acid

IUPAC name 3-Methyl-2-oxobutanoic acid
Other names 2-Ketoisovaleric acid; α-Ketovaline
Identifiers
CAS number	759-05-7^Y
PubChem	49
ChemSpider	48^Y
DrugBank	DB04074
KEGG	C00141^Y
ChEBI	CHEBI:16530^Y
ChEMBL	CHEMBL146554^Y
Jmol-3D images	Image 1
SMILES O=C(C(=O)O)C(C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C5H8O3/c1-3(2)4(6)5(7)8/h3H,1-2H3,(H,7,8)^Y Key: QHKABHOOEWYVLI-UHFFFAOYSA-N^Y InChI=1/C5H8O3/c1-3(2)4(6)5(7)8/h3H,1-2H3,(H,7,8) Key: QHKABHOOEWYVLI-UHFFFAOYAY
Properties
Molecular formula	C₅H₈O₃
Molar mass	116.12 g mol⁻¹
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

α-Ketoisovaleric acid is a metabolite of valine.

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: prot · nucl · carb (glpr, alco, glys) · lipd (fata/i, phld, strd, gllp, eico) · amac/i · ncbs/i · ttpy/i

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