CHEBI:27248 - urocanic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:27248
ChEBI Nameurocanic acid
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DefinitionAn α,β-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid that is prop-2-enoic acid substituted by a 1H-imidazol-4-yl group at position 3. It is a metabolite of hidtidine.
Last Modified18 April 2024
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FormulaC6H6N2O2
Net Charge0
Average Mass138.126
Monoisotopic Mass138.04293
SMILES[H]C(C(=O)O)=C([H])c1cncn1
InChIInChI=1S/C6H6N2O2/c9-6(10)2-1-5-3-7-4-8-5/h1-4H,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)
InChIKeyLOIYMIARKYCTBW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - PubMed (8825190)
Roles Classification
Chemical Roles:
chromophore  The part (atom or group of atoms) of a molecular entity in which the electronic transition responsible for a given spectral band is approximately localized.
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Role:
human metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
urocanic acid (CHEBI:27248) has role chromophore (CHEBI:23240)
urocanic acid (CHEBI:27248) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
urocanic acid (CHEBI:27248) is a imidazoles (CHEBI:24780)
urocanic acid (CHEBI:27248) is a α,β-unsaturated monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:79020)
urocanic acid (CHEBI:27248) is conjugate acid of urocanate (CHEBI:27247)
Incoming Relation(s)
cis-urocanic acid (CHEBI:30818) is a urocanic acid (CHEBI:27248)
trans-urocanic acid (CHEBI:30817) is a urocanic acid (CHEBI:27248)
urocanate (CHEBI:27247) is conjugate base of urocanic acid (CHEBI:27248)
IUPAC Name 
3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)prop-2-enoic acid
Synonyms  Source
3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)-2-propenoic acidChemIDplus
3-imidazol-4-ylacrylic acidChemIDplus
Manual XrefsDatabases
ECMDB21396ECMDB
HMDB0000301HMDB
UROPDBeChem
UROCANATEMetaCyc
Urocanic_acidWikipedia
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:8128219Reaxys
CAS:104-98-3ChemIDplus
Citations