Fumarylacetoacetic acid explained

Fumarylacetoacetic acid (fumarylacetoacetate) is an intermediate in the metabolism of tyrosine. It is formed through the conversion of maleylacetoacetate into fumarylacetoacetate by the enzyme maleylacetoacetate isomerase.[1]

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  1. Biochem. J. . 1951 . 49 . 686–693 . The oxidation in liver of l-tyrosine to acetoacetate through p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate and homogentisic acid . W. E. Knox and M. LeMay-Knox . 5 . 10.1042/bj0490686 . 14886367 . 1197578 .

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