Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Pyridoxal-phosphate (PLP pyridoxal-5′-phosphate P5P) is a prosthetic group of certain enzymes. PLP is also the active form of vitamin B6 which comprises three natural organic compounds pyridoxal pyridoxamine and pyridoxine. This co-factor acts as an electron sink to stabilize carbanionic intermediates in both substitution and elimination reactions involving aminated compounds.
