biopterin (CHEBI:15373)

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ChEBI Name	biopterin

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:15373

Definition	A pterin derivative that consists of pterin bearing amino, oxo and 1,2-dihydroxypropyl substituents at positions 2, 4 and 6 respectively. The parent of the class of biopterins; the L-erythro isomer occurs widely in nature.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:13904, CHEBI:3107, CHEBI:22880

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Formula

C9H11N5O3

Net Charge

Average Mass

237.21554

Monoisotopic Mass

237.08619

InChI

InChI=1S/C9H11N5O3/c1-3(15)6(16)4-2-11-7-5(12-4)8(17)14-9(10)13-7/h2-3,6,15-16H,1H3,(H3,10,11,13,14,17)

InChIKey

LHQIJBMDNUYRAM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CC(O)C(O)c1cnc2nc(N)[nH]c(=O)c2n1

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	metabolite Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites. coenzyme A low-molecular-weight, non-protein organic compound participating in enzymatic reactions as dissociable acceptor or donor of chemical groups or electrons.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	biopterin (CHEBI:15373) has role coenzyme (CHEBI:23354) biopterin (CHEBI:15373) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212) biopterin (CHEBI:15373) is a biopterins (CHEBI:22881)

Incoming	D-erythro-biopterin (CHEBI:41183) is a biopterin (CHEBI:15373) L-erythro-biopterin (CHEBI:63931) is a biopterin (CHEBI:15373)

IUPAC Name

2-amino-6-(1,2-dihydroxypropyl)pteridin-4(3H)-one

Synonyms	Sources
2-amino-6-(1,2-dihydroxypropyl)-4(1H)-pteridinone	ChEBI
2-Amino-6-(1,2-dihydroxypropyl)-4(1H)-pteridinone	KEGG COMPOUND
Biopterin	KEGG COMPOUND

Citation	Type	Source
22770225	PubMed citation	Europe PMC

Last Modified

20 March 2017