OPO,2- \OH HO myo-inositol-1-phosphate synthase OH 2-03PO HO "OH HO (1 ÕH a-D-glucose-6-phosphate myo-inositol-1-phosphate a. What is the absolute configuration (R or S) at C-2 of naturally occurring a-D-glucose-6-phosphate? b. Using any unambiguous notation, draw the enantiomer (mirror image) of myo- inositol-1-phosphate. Place your answer in the space provided here.
OPO,2- \OH HO myo-inositol-1-phosphate synthase OH 2-03PO HO "OH HO (1 ÕH a-D-glucose-6-phosphate myo-inositol-1-phosphate a. What is the absolute configuration (R or S) at C-2 of naturally occurring a-D-glucose-6-phosphate? b. Using any unambiguous notation, draw the enantiomer (mirror image) of myo- inositol-1-phosphate. Place your answer in the space provided here.
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Chapter23: Enzymes
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Myo-inositol, the most prominent naturally occurring form of inositols, is a carbocyclic polyol that plays an important role as the structural basis for a number of secondary messengers in eukaryotic cells. It is generated in vivo from the aldol cyclization of glucose-6-phosphate to myo-inositol-1-phosphate
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