Pipecolic acid

Pipecolic acid (piperidine-2-carboxylic acid) is a small organic molecule which accumulates in pipecolic acidemia. It is a carboxylic acid of piperidine.

Pipecolic acid
Names
IUPAC name
piperidine-2-carboxylic acid
Identifiers
CAS Number
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.007.835
EC Number
  • 217-024-4
KEGG
MeSH C031345
PubChem CID
UNII
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
Properties
Chemical formula
C6H11NO2
Molar mass 129.15704
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Biochemical effects

Pipecolic acid can be associated with some forms of epilepsy.[1]

CRYM, a taxon-specific crystallin protein that also binds thyroid hormones, is involved in the pipecolic acid pathway.

Environmental abundance and relevance

Pipecolic acid was identified in the Murchison meteorite.[2] It also occurs in the leaves of the genus Myroxylon, a tree from South America.[3]

Stereochemistry

Pipecolic acid, like many other α-amino acids, has a chiral stereocenter at the α carbon.

See also

References

  1. Plecko B, Hikel C, Korenke GC, et al. (2005). "Pipecolic acid as a diagnostic marker of pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy". Neuropediatrics. 36 (3): 200–5. doi:10.1055/s-2005-865727. PMID 15944906.
  2. Kvenholden, Keith A.; Lawless, James G.; Ponnamperuma, Cyril (February 1971). "Nonprotein Amino Acids in the Murchison Meteorite". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 68 (2): 486–490. Bibcode:1971PNAS...68..486K. doi:10.1073/pnas.68.2.486. PMC 388966. PMID 16591908.
  3. Kite, GC; Cardoso, D; Lewis, GP; Zartman, CE; de Queiroz, LP; Veitch, NC (2015). "Monomethyl ethers of 4,5-dihydroxypipecolic acid from Petaladenium urceoliferum: Enigmatic chemistry of an enigmatic legume". Phytochemistry. 116: 198–202. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2015.02.026. PMID 25817832.


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