Alpha-Ketobutyric acid

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IUPACName=2-oxobutanoic acid
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CASNo=600-18-0
PubChem=58
SMILES=CCC(=O)C(=O)O
MeSHName=Alpha-ketobutyric+acid
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Formula=C₄H₆O₃
MolarMass=102.089 g/mol
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Alpha-ketobutyric acid is a product of the lysis of cystathionine.

It is also one of the degradation products of threonine.

It can be converted to propionyl-CoA (and subsequently methylmalonyl CoA, which can be converted to succinyl CoA, a CAC intermediate), and thus enter the citric acid cycle.

ee also

* Butyric acid