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Prebiotic synthesis of orotic acid parallel to the biosynthetic pathway |
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| Authors: | Y Yamagata K Sasaki O Takaoka S Sano K Inomata K Kanemitsu Y Inoue I Matsumoto |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Marunouchi 1-1, 920 Kanazawa, Japan;(2) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, Marunouchi 1-1, 920 Kanazawa, Japan;(3) Division of Human Genetics, Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada, Kahoku-gun, 920-02 Ishikawa, Japan |
| Abstract: | By heating an aqueous solution of aspartic acid and urea, carbamylaspartic acid is first formed and then the molecule is cyclized to dihydroorotic acid (DHO) with loss of water. Irradiation of an aqueous solution of DHO with a tungsten lamp yields orotic acid by photo-dehydrogenation of the molecule. This pathway of orotic acid formation is quite similar to that of biosynthesis of the molecule. |
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