Synlett 1998; 1998(2): 125-126
DOI: 10.1055/s-1998-1586
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Formation of an Unusual Secondary Sedoheptulose Phosphate by Hexokinase-Mediated Phosphorylation

Ulja Schmidt* , Regine Stiller, Helmut Brade, Joachim Thiem
  • *Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany; E-mail: thiem@chemie.uni-hamburg.de
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Publication Date:
31 December 2000 (online)

With the intention of finding facile access to sedoheptulose-7-phosphate (1), the behaviour of sedoheptulose as a substrate of yeast hexokinase was studied. Surprisingly, for the first time the formation of a secondary phosphate, sedoheptulose-6-phosphate (4), was observed

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