4-Hydroxyphenylglycine4-Hydroxyphenylglycine (HPG) is a non-proteogenic amino acid found in vancomycin and related glycopeptides. HPG is synthesized from the shikimic acid pathway and requires four enzymes to synthesize: Both L - and D -HPG are used in the vancomycin class of antibiotics. Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article 4-Hydroxyphenylglycine, revision 1377081913.

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C8H9NO3, 167.16 g/mol

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