Heptose

A heptose is a monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms.

They have either an aldehyde functional group in position 1 (aldoheptoses) or a ketone functional group in position 2 (ketoheptoses).

Examples

There are few examples of seven-carbon sugars in nature, among which are:

  • sedoheptulose or D-altro-heptulose (a ketose), an intermediate in the Calvin cycle and in lipid A biosynthesis
  • mannoheptulose, found in avocadoes
  • L-glycero-D-manno-heptose (an aldose), a late intermediate in lipid A biosynthesis.

Ketoheptoses have 4 chiral centers, whereas aldoheptoses have 5.

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