CHEBI:28683 - kynurenine

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ChEBI Name kynurenine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:28683
Definition A ketone that is alanine in which one of the methyl hydrogens is substituted by a 2-aminobenzoyl group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:6148, CHEBI:24992
Supplier Information ChemicalBook:CB5235360, eMolecules:524685
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Formula C10H12N2O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 208.21396
Monoisotopic Mass 208.08479
InChI InChI=1S/C10H12N2O3/c11-7-4-2-1-3-6(7)9(13)5-8(12)10(14)15/h1-4,8H,5,11-12H2,(H,14,15)
InChIKey YGPSJZOEDVAXAB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES NC(CC(=O)c1ccccc1N)C(O)=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid).
(via organic amino compound )
Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing kynurenine (CHEBI:28683) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
kynurenine (CHEBI:28683) is a aromatic ketone (CHEBI:76224)
kynurenine (CHEBI:28683) is a non-proteinogenic α-amino acid (CHEBI:83925)
kynurenine (CHEBI:28683) is a substituted aniline (CHEBI:48975)
kynurenine (CHEBI:28683) is conjugate acid of kynureninate (CHEBI:67008)
Incoming N-acetylkynurenine (CHEBI:133592) has functional parent kynurenine (CHEBI:28683)
N-formylkynurenine (CHEBI:18377) has functional parent kynurenine (CHEBI:28683)
hydroxykynurenine (CHEBI:86497) has functional parent kynurenine (CHEBI:28683)
D-kynurenine (CHEBI:86262) is a kynurenine (CHEBI:28683)
L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946) is a kynurenine (CHEBI:28683)
kynureninate (CHEBI:67008) is conjugate base of kynurenine (CHEBI:28683)
IUPAC Name
2-amino-4-(2-aminophenyl)-4-oxobutanoic acid
Synonym Source
Kynurenine KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xref Database
C01718 KEGG COMPOUND
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
2697333 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
343-65-7 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
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Last Modified
04 October 2016