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3-Dehydroquinic acid

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3-Dehydroquinic acid is the first cyclic intermediate of the shikimate pathway. It is created from 7-phospho-2-keto-3-deoxyarabino-heptonate, a 7-carbon dehydro-aldonic acid. The mechanism of ring closure involves aldol condensation at C-2 and C-7. It has the same structure as quinic acid, which is found in coffee, but the C-3 hydroxyl is oxidized to a ketone group. 3-Dehydroquinic acid undergoes five steps to chorismic acid, a precursor to tyrosine, 3-phenylalanine, tryptophan, and some vitamins, including:

3-Dehydroquinate can also be a precursor to pyrroloquinoline quinone(PQQ), an alternate redox coenzyme involved in oxidative phosphorylation.

Biosynthesis

3-Dehydroquinate goes through beta oxidation, similar to fatty acids. Then, this compound (6-oxo-3-dehydro-quinate) is transaminated to 6-amino-3-dehydroquinate. Then 6-amino-3-dehydro-quinate is dehydrated and reduced to 6-amino-4-desoxy-3-keto-quinate, which reacts with dehydroalanine and alpha-ketoglutarate, to form hexahydro-pyrroloquinoline quinone. This compound is oxidized by FAD to PQQ.

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