Compound
5-aminolevulinate
A compound produced from succinyl-CoA and glycine as an intermediate in heme synthesis. It is used as a photochemotherapy for actinic keratosis.
Structure
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- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C5H9NO3
- Mass
- 131.131 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- ZGXJTSGNIOSYLO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- [NH3+]CC(=O)CCC(=O)[O-]
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Identity from ChEBI, geometry from PubChem. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
1 entity
1 entities reached.
0 reported hops1 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
3 statements
3 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: 5-aminolevulinate · Sources: Rhea
- 5-aminolevulinate is converted to porphobilinogenCompoundRhea RHEA:24064Inferred only
- porphobilinogen is converted to 5-aminolevulinateCompoundRhea RHEA:24064Inferred only
- 5-aminolevulinate is a substrate of ALADProteinRhea RHEA:24064Inferred only
Reactions
5 reactions
5-aminolevulinate+pyruvateCHEBI:58055+L-alanine
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:12480CC BY 4.0Reference data
succinyl-CoA+glycine+hydron5-aminolevulinate+carbon dioxide+coenzyme A(4-)
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:12921CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:575015-aminolevulinate
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:14265CC BY 4.0Reference data
25-aminolevulinateporphobilinogen+2water+hydron
Catalysed by ALAD
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:24064CC BY 4.0Reference data
5-aminolevulinate5-aminolevulinate
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:64816CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
5 names
Resolves to: 5-aminolevulinate
- Also called
- 4-oxo-5-amino-pentanoic acid5-amino-levulinic acid5-ammonio-4-oxopentanoate5-ammonio-4-oxovalerate
- Systematic name
- 5-azaniumyl-4-oxopentanoate