"Diaminopimelic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A diamino derivative of heptanedioic acid with amino groups at C-2 and C-6 and the general formula (COOH)CH(NH2)CH2CH2CH2CH(NH2)(COOH).
| Descriptor ID |
D003960
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.081.337.699.250 D12.125.095.390
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| Concept/Terms |
Diaminopimelic Acid- Diaminopimelic Acid
- Acid, Diaminopimelic
- 2,6-Diaminopimelic Acid
- 2,6 Diaminopimelic Acid
- Acid, 2,6-Diaminopimelic
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diaminopimelic Acid" by people in Profiles.
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The dapE-encoded N-succinyl-L,L-diaminopimelic acid desuccinylase from Haemophilus influenzae contains two active-site histidine residues. J Biol Inorg Chem. 2009 Jan; 14(1):1-10.