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Proposal towards a Normalization of Pteridine Nomenclature

Proposal towards a Normalization of Pteridine Nomenclature Ferre et at.: Proposal towards a Normalization of Pteridine Nomenclature Ptcridincs Vol. 2, 1990, pp. 129 - 132 Juan Ferre, Kenneth Bruce Jacobsonl), and Wolfgang Ptleiderer2 ) Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Valencia, E-46100 Burjassot (Valencia), Spain I) Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, U.S.A. 2) Faculty of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, D-7750 Konstanz, Fed . Rep. of Germany (Received August 1991) Introduction Publications, workshops, and symposia on pteridines have shown the lack of unified criteria to name and abbreviate this family of compounds. Since the pteridine field has grown very rapidly in the last decades, and it is foreseen that it will continue to do so, much confusion can be avoided if rules are adopted regarding nomenclature and use of abbreviations. Three years ago , the IUPAC-IUB Joint Commission of Biochemical Nomenclature published some recommendations in the nomenclature of folates (Eur. J . Biochem. 1987, 168: 251-253), which are summarized as follows: It was proposed that the compounds of the folic acid groups are based on pteroic acid, which is derived from the 4-(pteridin-6-ylmethyl)aminobenzoic acid skeleton. The salts and the acyl group deduced from the pteroic acid are named pteroates http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pteridines de Gruyter

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de Gruyter
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Copyright © 1990 by the
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0933-4807
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2195-4720
DOI
10.1515/pteridines.1990.2.3.129
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Ferre et at.: Proposal towards a Normalization of Pteridine Nomenclature Ptcridincs Vol. 2, 1990, pp. 129 - 132 Juan Ferre, Kenneth Bruce Jacobsonl), and Wolfgang Ptleiderer2 ) Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Valencia, E-46100 Burjassot (Valencia), Spain I) Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, U.S.A. 2) Faculty of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, D-7750 Konstanz, Fed . Rep. of Germany (Received August 1991) Introduction Publications, workshops, and symposia on pteridines have shown the lack of unified criteria to name and abbreviate this family of compounds. Since the pteridine field has grown very rapidly in the last decades, and it is foreseen that it will continue to do so, much confusion can be avoided if rules are adopted regarding nomenclature and use of abbreviations. Three years ago , the IUPAC-IUB Joint Commission of Biochemical Nomenclature published some recommendations in the nomenclature of folates (Eur. J . Biochem. 1987, 168: 251-253), which are summarized as follows: It was proposed that the compounds of the folic acid groups are based on pteroic acid, which is derived from the 4-(pteridin-6-ylmethyl)aminobenzoic acid skeleton. The salts and the acyl group deduced from the pteroic acid are named pteroates

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Pteridinesde Gruyter

Published: Sep 1, 1990

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