Question: Vitamin B6 (an aldehyde) reacts with an enzyme (partial structure shown below) to form a coenzyme that catalyzes the conversion of α-amino acids (Chapter 17)

Vitamin B6 (an aldehyde) reacts with an enzyme (partial structure shown below) to form a coenzyme that catalyzes the conversion of α-amino acids (Chapter 17) to α-keto acids.
Vitamin B6 (an aldehyde) reacts with an enzyme (partial structure

a. Draw the structure of the coenzyme.
b. α-Amino acids have the general structure shown below. Draw the structure of an α-keto acid.

Vitamin B6 (an aldehyde) reacts with an enzyme (partial structure

O-P-OCH + H2N-enzymecoenzyme N CH vitamin Be R-CH C-OH a-amino acid NH2

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