Tanaka K, Armitage I M, Ramsdell H S, Hsia Y E, Lipsky S R, Rosenberg L E
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1975 Sep;72(9):3692-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.72.9.3692.
[Alpha-13C]- and [alpha,beta-13C]valine were administered sequentially to a patient with methylmalonicacidemia to clarify the metabolic pathway of valine from methylmalonic acid semialdehyde to methylmalonyl-CoA. Methylmalonic acid was isolated from multiple urine samples, purified, and analyzed by 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Contrary to the widely accepted view, the results show unequivocally that methylmalonic acid semialdehyde is decarboxylated to propionate before conversion to methylmalonyl CoA.
将[α-13C]-缬氨酸和[α,β-13C]缬氨酸依次给予一名甲基丙二酸血症患者,以阐明缬氨酸从甲基丙二酸半醛到甲基丙二酰辅酶A的代谢途径。从多个尿液样本中分离出甲基丙二酸,进行纯化,并通过13C核磁共振波谱分析。与广泛接受的观点相反,结果明确显示,甲基丙二酸半醛在转化为甲基丙二酰辅酶A之前先脱羧生成丙酸。