| Literature DB >> 2098694 |
Y Yamagata1, K Sasaki, O Takaoka, S Sano, K Inomata, K Kanemitsu, Y Inoue, I Matsumoto.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2098694 DOI: 10.1007/bf01808133
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Orig Life Evol Biosph ISSN: 0169-6149 Impact factor: 1.950