CHEBI:178010 - leucopterin (keto form)

ChEBI IDCHEBI:178010
ChEBI Nameleucopterin (keto form)
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DefinitionA member of the class of pterins that is 3,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydropteridine substituted by an amino group at position 2 and oxo groups at positions 4, 6 and 7. It is a pigment found in the wings of butterflies.
Last Modified8 September 2021
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FormulaC6H5N5O3
Net Charge0
Average Mass195.138
Monoisotopic Mass195.03924
SMILESNc1nc(=O)c2nc(=O)c(=O)nc2n1
InChIInChI=1S/C6H5N5O3/c7-6-10-2-1(3(12)11-6)8-4(13)5(14)9-2/h(H,8,13)(H4,7,9,10,11,12,14)
InChIKeySFLOGVVDXPCWGR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Pieris rapae (ncbitaxon:64459) - PubMed (17669418) Found in wings.
Libytheana carinenta bachmanii (ncbitaxon:1178125) - PubMed (24302393) Found in wings. Species also known as Libytheana bachmanii.
Sturnus vulgaris (ncbitaxon:9172) - PubMed (7781036)
Roles Classification
Biological Roles:
biological pigment  An endogenous molecular entity that results in a colour of an organism as the consequence of the selective absorption of light.
animal metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in animals that include diverse creatures from sponges, insects to mammals.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
leucopterin (keto form) (CHEBI:178010) has role animal metabolite (CHEBI:75767)
leucopterin (keto form) (CHEBI:178010) has role biological pigment (CHEBI:26130)
leucopterin (keto form) (CHEBI:178010) is a pterins (CHEBI:26375)
leucopterin (keto form) (CHEBI:178010) is tautomer of leucopterin (enol form) (CHEBI:178109)
Incoming Relation(s)
leucopterin (enol form) (CHEBI:178109) is tautomer of leucopterin (keto form) (CHEBI:178010)
IUPAC Name 
2-amino-5,8-dihydropteridine-4,6,7(3H)-trione
Synonyms  Source
leukopterinChemIDplus
2-amino-5,8-dihydro-4,6,7(3H)-pteridinetrioneChEBI
leucopterinChemIDplus
leikopterinChemIDplus
Manual XrefsDatabases
9869ChemSpider
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:211680Reaxys
CAS:492-11-5ChemIDplus
Citations