Levulinic-acid

Product of hydrolysis of 5-Methylfuran-2(3H)-one (4-hydroxy-3-pentenoic acid gamma-lactone)

General

Type :

Chemical_Nomenclature : 4-oxopentanoic acid

Canonical SMILES : CC(=O)CCC(=O)O

InChI : InChI=1S\/C5H8O3\/c1-4(6)2-3-5(7)8\/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)

InChIKey : JOOXCMJARBKPKM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Other name(s) : Levulinic acid,4-Oxopentanoic acid,Laevulinic acid,Pentanoic acid, 4-oxo-,Levulic acid


MW : 116.11

Formula : C5H8O3

CAS_number : 123-76-2

PubChem : 11579

UniChem : JOOXCMJARBKPKM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Target

Families : Levulinic-acid ligand of proteins in family: Carboxymethylbutenolide_lactonase

Stucture : 2XUA Crystal structure of the enol-lactonase from Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 complex with Levulinic-acid.

Protein : burxl-q13kt2

References (1)

Title : A product analog bound form of 3-oxoadipate-enol-lactonase (PcaD) reveals a multifunctional role for the divergent cap domain - Bains_2011_J.Mol.Biol_406_649
Author(s) : Bains J , Kaufman L , Farnell B , Boulanger MJ
Ref : Journal of Molecular Biology , 406 :649 , 2011
Abstract : Bains_2011_J.Mol.Biol_406_649
ESTHER : Bains_2011_J.Mol.Biol_406_649
PubMedSearch : Bains_2011_J.Mol.Biol_406_649
PubMedID: 21237173
Gene_locus related to this paper: burxl-q13kt2