From 2-Hydroxy-3-carboxybenzalpyruvate to 3-Formylsalicylic acid and Pyruvate

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference

Phale PS, Mahajan MC, Vaidyanathan CS. Arch Microbiol (1995) 163(1): 42-7.

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39 citations on March 09, 2012.

                     2-Hydroxy-3-carboxybenzalpyruvate                     
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                                     |  H2O
  2-hydroxy-3-carboxy-benzalpyruvate | /
                  hydratase-aldolase |/
                             4.1.2.- |
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                     3-Formylsalicylic acid + Pyruvate                     

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