One for the grey beards

Jeffrey A Kowalak (jkowalak@codon.nih.gov)
Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:29:07 -0500

Hi Everyone,
I have a question for the grey beards/grey hairs. When
phosphoserine loses H3PO4, the product is called dehydroalanine. What is
the trivial name for the phosphothreonine analog? Dehydroaminobutyric
acid? 2-amino-2-butene-oic acid? A wise man (Ken Walsh) once told me that
most folks' limitation in biochemistry arises from their ignorance of
organic chemistry. Its a good thing ignorance isn't painful : ).
Best Regards,
Jeff Kowalak

Jeffrey A Kowalak, Ph.D.
jkowalak@codon.nih.gov

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