Dihydroxyacetone phosphate

"DHAP" redirects here. For chemotherapy regimen, see DHAP (chemotherapy).
Dihydroxyacetone phosphate
Dihydroxyacetone phosphate
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
3-Hydroxy-2-oxopropyl phosphate
Other names
Dihydroxyacetone phosphate
DHAP
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
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KEGG
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C3H5O6P/c4-1-3(5)2-9-10(6,7)8/h4H,1-2H2,(H2,6,7,8) ☒N
    Key: GNGACRATGGDKBX-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
  • InChI=1/C3H7O6P/c4-1-3(5)2-9-10(6,7)8/h4H,1-2H2,(H2,6,7,8)
    Key: GNGACRATGGDKBX-UHFFFAOYAZ
  • C(C(=O)COP(=O)(O)O)O
Properties
C3H7O6P
Molar mass 170.06 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP, also glycerone phosphate in older texts) is the anion with the formula HOCH2C(O)CH2OPO32-. This anion is involved in many metabolic pathways, including the Calvin cycle in plants and glycolysis.[1][2] It is the phosphate ester of dihydroxyacetone.

  1. ^ Berg, Jeremy M.; Tymoczko, Stryer (2002). Biochemistry (5th ed.). New York: W.H. Freeman and Company. ISBN 0-7167-3051-0.
  2. ^ Nelson, D. L.; Cox, M. M. "Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry" 3rd Ed. Worth Publishing: New York, 2000. ISBN 1-57259-153-6.