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IUPAC name l-idopyranuronic acid | |
Other names l-Iduronic acid,d-ido-Hexuronic acid, IdoA | |
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MeSH | Iduronic+acid |
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Properties | |
C6H10O7 | |
Molar mass | 194.139 g/mol |
Appearance | white solid |
Melting point | 131–132 °C (268–270 °F; 404–405 K) |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). |
l-Iduronic acid (IUPAC abbr.:IdoA) is the majoruronic acid component of theglycosaminoglycans (GAGs)dermatan sulfate, andheparin. It is also present inheparan sulfate, although here in a minor amount relative to its carbon-5epimerglucuronic acid.
IdoA is apyranose sugar. Most pyranoses are stable in one of two chair conformations1C4 or4C1.l-iduronate is different and adopts more than one solution conformation, with an equilibrium existing between three low-energy conformers. These are the1C4 and4C1 chair forms and an additional2S0 skew-boatconformation.[citation needed]
IdoA may be modified by the addition of anO-sulfate group at carbon position 2 to form 2-O-sulfo-l-iduronic acid (IdoA2S).
In 2000, LK Hallak described the importance of this sugar inrespiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Dermatan sulfate and heparan sulfate were the only GAGs containing IdoA, and they were the only ones that inhibited RSV infection in cell culture.[1]
When internally positioned within an oligosaccharide, the1C4 and2S0 conformations (shown below for IdoA2S) predominate.
ProtonNMR spectroscopy can be used to track changes in the balance of this equilibrium.[2]
Iduronic acid can be detected colorimetrically.[3]
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