| Literature DB >> 6938990 |
A R Battersby, M J Bushell, C Jones, N G Lewis, A Pfenninger.
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Incorporation experiments with labeled sirohydrochlorin and trimethylisobacteriochlorin demonstrate that ring contraction in vivo to the corrin macrocycle of vitamin B12 liberates acetic acid. The C-20 atom of the precursors becomes the acetate carboxyl carbon.Entities:
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Year: 1981 PMID: 6938990 PMCID: PMC318978 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.78.1.13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205