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| | Vitamin B-6 |
 | | The 5'-phosphoric esters of pyridoxine, pyridoxal and pyridoxamine (II; R = -CH) should be designated pyridoxine 5'-phosphate (or pyridoxine-5'-P), pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (or pyridoxal-5'-P) and pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate (or pyridoxamine-5'-P) respectively. |
 | | Within the next few years, I. Gunsalus, E. Snell, A. Braunstein and others demonstrated that a phosphoric derivative of pyridoxal, later identified as pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (II; R = -CHO), is the coenzyme of a large group of specific enzymes catalysing reactions of amino-group transfer, decarboxylation and other metabolic transformations of individual amino acids. |
 | | In the course of enzymic transamination, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate undergoes reversible conversion into pyridoxamine 5'-phosphate (II; R = -CH), which has coenzyme activity for the aminotransferases (EC 2.6.1.-), but not for other types of vitamin B-6-dependent enzymes [2,3]. |
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