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Version | 2.0 |
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Created at | 2005-11-16 15:48:42 UTC |
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Updated at | 2021-08-15 04:56:45 UTC |
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NP-MRD ID | NP0000114 |
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Secondary Accession Numbers | None |
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Natural Product Identification |
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Common Name | Mevalonic acid |
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Description | Mevalonic acid, also known as MVA, mevalonate, or hiochic acid, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as hydroxy fatty acids. These are fatty acids in which the chain bears a hydroxyl group. Mevalonic acid is a key organic compound in biochemistry. It is found in most higher organisms ranging from plants to animals. Mevalonic acid is a precursor in the biosynthetic pathway known as the mevalonate pathway that produces terpenes (in plants) and steroids (in animals). Mevalonic acid is the primary precursor of isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP), that is in turn the basis for all terpenoids. The production of mevalonic acid by the enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, is the rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of cholesterol (PMID: 12872277 ). The cholesterol biosynthetic pathway has three major steps: (1) Acetate to mevalonate, (2) mevalonate to squalene, and (3) squalene to cholesterol. In the first step, which catalyzed by thiolase, two acetyl-CoA molecules form acetoacetyl-CoA and one CoA molecule is released, then the acetoacetyl-CoA reacts with another molecule of acetyl-CoA and generates 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMGCoA). The enzyme responsible for this reaction is 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase (HMG-CoA synthase): In the pathway to synthesize cholesterol, one of the HMG-CoA carboxyl groups undergoes reduction to an alcohol, releasing CoA, leading to the formation of mevalonate, a six carbon compound. This reaction is catalyzed by hydroxy-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase, In the second step (mevalonate to squalene) mevalonate receives a phosphoryl group from ATP to form 5-phosphomevalonate. This compound accepts another phosphate to generate mevalonate-5-pyrophosphate. After a third phosphorylation, the compound is decarboxylated, loses water, and generates isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP). Then through successive condensations, IPP forms squalene, a terpene hydrocarbon that contains 30 carbon atoms. By cyclization and other changes, this compound will finally result in cholesterol. Mevalonic acid is found, on average, in the highest concentration within a few different foods, such as apples, corns, and wild carrots and in a lower concentration in garden tomato (var.), Pepper (C. Frutescens), and cucumbers. Mevalonic acid has also been detected, but not quantified in, several different foods, such as sweet oranges, potato, milk (cow), cabbages, and white cabbages. This could make mevalonic acid a potential biomarker for the consumption of these foods. Plasma concentrations and urinary excretion of MVA are decreased by HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor drugs such as pravastatin, simvastatin, and atorvastatin (PMID: 8808497 ). |
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Structure | InChI=1S/C6H12O4/c1-6(10,2-3-7)4-5(8)9/h7,10H,2-4H2,1H3,(H,8,9)/t6-/m1/s1 |
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Synonyms | Value | Source |
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(R)-3,5-Dihydroxy-3-methylvaleric acid | ChEBI | (R)-Mevalonate | ChEBI | 3,5-Dihydroxy-3-methylvaleric acid | ChEBI | (R)-3,5-Dihydroxy-3-methylvalerate | Generator | (R)-Mevalonic acid | Generator | 3,5-Dihydroxy-3-methylvalerate | Generator | Mevalonate | Generator | Acid, mevalonic | HMDB | (3R)-3,5-Dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid | HMDB | (3R)-Mevalonic acid | HMDB | (R)-(-)-Mevalonic acid | HMDB | (R)-3,5-Dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid | HMDB | 2,4-Dideoxy-3-C-methylpentonic acid | HMDB | 3,5-Dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid | HMDB | Hiochic acid | HMDB | MVA | HMDB | R-Mevalonic acid | HMDB | beta,delta-Dihydroxy-beta-methylvaleric acid | HMDB | Β,δ-dihydroxy-β-methylvaleric acid | HMDB | Mevalonic acid | ChEBI |
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Chemical Formula | C6H12O4 |
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Average Mass | 148.1571 Da |
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Monoisotopic Mass | 148.07356 Da |
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IUPAC Name | (3R)-3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid |
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Traditional Name | mevalonic acid |
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CAS Registry Number | 150-97-0 |
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SMILES | CC(O)(CCO)CC(O)=O |
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InChI Identifier | InChI=1S/C6H12O4/c1-6(10,2-3-7)4-5(8)9/h7,10H,2-4H2,1H3,(H,8,9) |
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InChI Key | KJTLQQUUPVSXIM-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
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Experimental Spectra |
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1D NMR | 1H NMR Spectrum (1D, 600 MHz, H2O, experimental) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum | 2D NMR | [1H, 13C]-HSQC NMR Spectrum (2D, 600 MHz, H2O, experimental) | Wishart Lab | Wishart Lab | David Wishart | 2021-06-20 | View Spectrum |
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Chemical Taxonomy |
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Description | Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as hydroxy fatty acids. These are fatty acids in which the chain bears a hydroxyl group. |
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Kingdom | Organic compounds |
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Super Class | Lipids and lipid-like molecules |
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Class | Fatty Acyls |
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Sub Class | Fatty acids and conjugates |
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Direct Parent | Hydroxy fatty acids |
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Alternative Parents | |
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Substituents | - Branched fatty acid
- Hydroxy fatty acid
- Short-chain hydroxy acid
- Methyl-branched fatty acid
- Tertiary alcohol
- Carboxylic acid derivative
- Carboxylic acid
- Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives
- Organic oxygen compound
- Organic oxide
- Alcohol
- Carbonyl group
- Organooxygen compound
- Primary alcohol
- Hydrocarbon derivative
- Aliphatic acyclic compound
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Molecular Framework | Aliphatic acyclic compounds |
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Physical Properties |
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State | Solid |
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Experimental Properties | |
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General References | - Houten SM, Kuis W, Duran M, de Koning TJ, van Royen-Kerkhof A, Romeijn GJ, Frenkel J, Dorland L, de Barse MM, Huijbers WA, Rijkers GT, Waterham HR, Wanders RJ, Poll-The BT: Mutations in MVK, encoding mevalonate kinase, cause hyperimmunoglobulinaemia D and periodic fever syndrome. Nat Genet. 1999 Jun;22(2):175-7. [PubMed:10369261 ]
- Hoffmann G, Gibson KM, Brandt IK, Bader PI, Wappner RS, Sweetman L: Mevalonic aciduria--an inborn error of cholesterol and nonsterol isoprene biosynthesis. N Engl J Med. 1986 Jun 19;314(25):1610-4. [PubMed:3012338 ]
- Dmitrieva NA, Perrun'kina AM, Khomulo PS: [Determination of mevalonic acid in the urine and its concentration in the urine of patients with atherosclerosis]. Vopr Med Khim. 1968 Jan-Feb;14(1):106-8. [PubMed:5683362 ]
- Larson RA, Chung J, Scanu AM, Yachnin S: Neutrophils are required for the DNA synthetic response of human lymphocytes to mevalonic acid: evidence suggesting that a nonsterol product of mevalonate is involved. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1982 May;79(9):3028-32. [PubMed:6953445 ]
- Siavoshian S, Simoneau C, Maugeais P, Marks L, Rodary L, Gardette J, Krempf M: Measurement of mevalonic acid in human urine by bench top gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Clin Chim Acta. 1995 Dec 29;243(2):129-36. [PubMed:8747489 ]
- Mitchell ED Jr, Avigan J: Control of phosphorylation and decarboxylation of mevalonic acid and its metabolites in cultured human fibroblasts and in rat liver in vivo. J Biol Chem. 1981 Jun 25;256(12):6170-3. [PubMed:6263908 ]
- Abrar M, Martin PD: Validation and application of an assay for the determination of mevalonic acid in human plasma by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2002 Jun 25;773(2):103-11. [PubMed:12031835 ]
- Haas D, Kelley RI, Hoffmann GF: Inherited disorders of cholesterol biosynthesis. Neuropediatrics. 2001 Jun;32(3):113-22. [PubMed:11521206 ]
- Larson RA, Kluskens LE, Yachnin S: The DNA synthetic response of normal and abnormal human lymphocytes to mevalonic acid: the role of granulocytes as a helper population. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1984 Sep;74(3 Pt 1):280-90. [PubMed:6236250 ]
- Larson RA, Yachnin S: Mevalonic acid induces DNA synthesis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells. Blood. 1984 Jul;64(1):257-62. [PubMed:6610447 ]
- Parker TS, McNamara DJ, Brown CD, Kolb R, Ahrens EH Jr, Alberts AW, Tobert J, Chen J, De Schepper PJ: Plasma mevalonate as a measure of cholesterol synthesis in man. J Clin Invest. 1984 Sep;74(3):795-804. [PubMed:6565710 ]
- Hoffmann GF, Sweetman L, Bremer HJ, Hunneman DH, Hyanek J, Kozich V, Lehnert W, Nyhan WL, Speidel I, Trefz FK, et al.: Facts and artefacts in mevalonic aciduria: development of a stable isotope dilution GCMS assay for mevalonic acid and its application to physiological fluids, tissue samples, prenatal diagnosis and carrier detection. Clin Chim Acta. 1991 May 15;198(3):209-27. [PubMed:1653652 ]
- Jemal M, Schuster A, Whigan DB: Liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry methods for quantitation of mevalonic acid in human plasma and urine: method validation, demonstration of using a surrogate analyte, and demonstration of unacceptable matrix effect in spite of use of a stable isotope analog internal standard. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2003;17(15):1723-34. [PubMed:12872277 ]
- Lindenthal B, von Bergmann K: Urinary excretion and serum concentration of mevalonic acid during acute intake of alcohol. Metabolism. 2000 Jan;49(1):62-6. [PubMed:10647065 ]
- Naoumova RP, Marais AD, Mountney J, Firth JC, Rendell NB, Taylor GW, Thompson GR: Plasma mevalonic acid, an index of cholesterol synthesis in vivo, and responsiveness to HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors in familial hypercholesterolaemia. Atherosclerosis. 1996 Jan 26;119(2):203-13. doi: 10.1016/0021-9150(95)05649-1. [PubMed:8808497 ]
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