Inosinic acid

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Inosinic acid

Names
IUPAC name 5'-Inosinic acid
Other names IMP Hypoxanthine ribotide
Identifiers
CAS Number	131-99-7 Y
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChEBI	CHEBI:17202 Y
ChEMBL	ChEMBL1233478 N
ChemSpider	8264 Y
ECHA InfoCard	100.004.588
E number	E630 (flavour enhancer)
IUPHAR/BPS	5124
MeSH	Inosine+monophosphate
PubChem CID	8582
UNII	TAO7US05G5 Y
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID10859884 DTXSID4044294, DTXSID10859884
InChI InChI=1S/C10H13N4O8P/c15-6-4(1-21-23(18,19)20)22-10(7(6)16)14-3-13-5-8(14)11-2-12-9(5)17/h2-4,6-7,10,15-16H,1H2,(H,11,12,17)(H2,18,19,20)/t4-,6-,7-,10-/m1/s1 Y Key: GRSZFWQUAKGDAV-KQYNXXCUSA-N Y InChI=1/C10H13N4O8P/c15-6-4(1-21-23(18,19)20)22-10(7(6)16)14-3-13-5-8(14)11-2-12-9(5)17/h2-4,6-7,10,15-16H,1H2,(H,11,12,17)(H2,18,19,20)/t4-,6-,7-,10-/m1/s1 Key: GRSZFWQUAKGDAV-KQYNXXCUBU
SMILES O=C3/N=C\Nc1c3ncn1[C@@H]2O[C@@H]([C@@H](O)[C@H]2O)COP(=O)(O)O
Properties
Chemical formula	C10H13N4O8P
Molar mass	348.208 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). N verify (what is YN ?) Infobox references

Inosinic acid or inosine monophosphate (IMP) is a nucleotide (that is, a nucleoside monophosphate). Widely used as a flavor enhancer, it is typically obtained from chicken byproducts or other meat industry waste. Inosinic acid is important in metabolism. It is the ribonucleotide of hypoxanthine and the first nucleotide formed during the synthesis of purine nucleotides. It can also be formed by the deamination of adenosine monophosphate by AMP deaminase. It can be hydrolysed to inosine.

The enzyme deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase, encoded by YJR069C in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and containing (d)ITPase and (d)XTPase activities, hydrolyzes inosine triphosphate (ITP) releasing pyrophosphate and IMP.^[1]

Important derivatives of inosinic acid include the purine nucleotides found in nucleic acids and adenosine triphosphate, which is used to store chemical energy in muscle and other tissues.

In the food industry, inosinic acid and its salts such as disodium inosinate are used as flavor enhancers. It is known as E number reference E630.