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pyruvic acid
Sign in to saveAlso known as pyruvate, alpha-ketopropionic acid, 2-ketopropionic acid, acetylformic acid, CH3COCOOH, a-Ketopropionic acid, 2-Oxopropionate, Pyroracemate
simplest of the alpha-keto acids
Pyruvic acid is the simplest type of alpha-keto acid, a category of organic compounds with a specific chemical structure. It plays an important role in your body's metabolism, serving as a key link between carbohydrate, fat, and protein breakdown and energy production.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H4O3
- Molecular weight
- 88.06 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-oxopropanoic acid
- SMILES
- CC(=O)C(=O)O
- InChIKey
- LCTONWCANYUPML-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.3
- Polar surface area
- 54.4 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
11,879 papers- Enteric coronavirus PDCoV evokes a non-Warburg effect by hijacking pyruvic acid as a metabolic hub.Redox biology · 2024Su G, Liu J, Duan C et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2024.103112
- Pyruvic acid prevents Cu(2+)/Zn(2+)-induced neurotoxicity by suppressing mitochondrial injury.Biochemical and biophysical research communications · 2018Tanaka KI, Shimoda M, Kawahara MDOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.11.152
- Biotechnological production of pyruvic acid.ReviewApplied microbiology and biotechnology · 2001Li Y, Chen J, Lun SYDOI: 10.1007/s002530100804
- Production of pyruvic acid from glycerol by Yarrowia lipolytica.Folia microbiologica · 2019Cybulski K, Tomaszewska-Hetman L, Rakicka M et al.DOI: 10.1007/s12223-019-00695-2
- Pyruvic acid stress caused color attenuation by interfering with anthocyanins metabolism during alcoholic fermentation.Food chemistry · 2022Li X, Teng Z, Luo Z et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131251
- [Pyruvic acid].Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine · 2004Taminato T
- Simultaneous determination of lactic acid and pyruvic acid in tissue and cell culture media by gas chromatography after in situ derivatization-ultrasound-assisted emulsification microextraction.Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry · 2019Zhang HY, Tan XX, Kang K et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00216-018-1502-z
- Enhancement of pyruvic acid production in Candida glabrata by engineering hypoxia-inducible factor 1.Bioresource technology · 2020Luo Z, Zeng W, Du G et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122248
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Encyclopedic overview
Names
Preferred IUPAC name 2-Oxopropanoic acid
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