The molecule is a carboxylic ester resulting from the formal condensation of the carboxy group of diazoacetic acid with the alcoholic hydroxy group of L-serine. An antibiotic produced by a Streptomyces species. It has a role as an antimicrobial agent, an antineoplastic agent, an antifungal agent, an antimetabolite, an immunosuppressive agent, a metabolite and a glutamine antagonist. It is a diazo compound, a carboxylic ester, a L-serine derivative and a non-proteinogenic L-alpha-amino acid.
(2S)-2-amino-3-(2-diazoacetyl)oxypropanoic acid