MOLECULE

D-Sedoheptulose 7-phosphate

D-Sedoheptulose 7-phosphate belongs to the class of organic compounds known as hexose phosphates. These are carbohydrate derivatives containing a hexose substituted by one or more phosphate groups. D-Sedoheptulose 7-phosphate is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa). Within humans, D-sedoheptulose 7-phosphate participates in a number of enzymatic reactions. In particular, D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and D-sedoheptulose 7-phosphate can be converted into D-ribose 5-phosphate and xylulose 5-phosphate; which is mediated by the enzyme transketolase. In addition, D-glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate and D-sedoheptulose 7-phosphate can be biosynthesized from D-erythrose 4-phosphate and fructose 6-phosphate through its interaction with the enzyme transaldolase. In humans, D-sedoheptulose 7-phosphate is involved in the metabolic disorder called the glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency pathway. D-Sedoheptulose 7-phosphate, with regard to humans, has been found to be associated with several diseases such as frontotemporal dementia, lewy body disease, and alzheimer's disease; D-sedoheptulose 7-phosphate has also been linked to the inborn metabolic disorder transaldolase deficiency. A ketoheptose phosphate consisting of alpha-D-sedoheptulopyranose having a phosphate group at the 7-position. D-Sedoheptulose 7-phosphate is expected to be in Cannabis as all living plants are known to produce and metabolize it.