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Biosynthesis of Porphyrins and Related Macrocycles. Part 13. Structure of the Protoporphyrin Isomer derived from Coproporphyrinogen lV by the Action of Beef-Liver Coproporphyrinogenase: Synthesis of Protoporphyrin Xlll
Battersby, Alan R.,Hamilton, Andrew D.,McDonald, Edward,Mombelli, Luisa,Wong, Oi-Hoong
, p. 1283 - 1289 (2007/10/02)
Coproporphyrinogen lV (8) is synthesised and is oxidatively decarboxylated by coproporphyrinogenase from beef-liver to produce, after aromatisation, a porphyrin proved to be protoporphyrin Xlll (11) by spectroscopy and by unambiquous synthesis; the synthesis route is described.A monovinylporphyrin, derived from an intermediate for the conversion (8) -> (11), is also isolated.The importance of these results for earlier biosynthetic studies with pyrromethanes is discussed.
