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CHEBI:48041 - microcystin
| ChEBI ID | CHEBI:48041 |
| ChEBI Name | microcystin |
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| Definition | A family of cyclic heptapeptide hepatotoxins produced by a number of cyanobacteria, the most notable of which is Microcystis, from which the name of the family is derived. Microcystins consist of a heptapeptide macrocycle made up of five non-protein amino acids and two protein amino acids. |
| Last Modified | 1 March 2018 |
| Submitter | Kirill Degtyarenko |
| Wikipedia |
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| Roles Classification |
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| Chemical Role: | Bronsted base A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Brønsted acid). |
| Biological Roles: | hepatotoxic agent A role played by a chemical compound exhibiting itself through the ability to induce damage to the liver in animals. cyanotoxin Any toxin produced by cyanobacteria (blue-green algae). |
| ChEBI Ontology |
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| Outgoing Relation(s) |
| microcystin (CHEBI:48041) has role cyanotoxin (CHEBI:88048) |
| microcystin (CHEBI:48041) has role hepatotoxic agent (CHEBI:50908) |
| microcystin (CHEBI:48041) is a heterodetic cyclic peptide (CHEBI:24533) |
| Incoming Relation(s) |
| microcystin LF (CHEBI:133297) is a microcystin (CHEBI:48041) |
| microcystin LW (CHEBI:133298) is a microcystin (CHEBI:48041) |
| microcystin RR (CHEBI:133296) is a microcystin (CHEBI:48041) |
| microcystin-LR (CHEBI:6925) is a microcystin (CHEBI:48041) |
| Synonym | Source |
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| microcystins | ChEBI |
| Manual Xrefs | Databases |
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| Microcystin | Wikipedia |
| Microcystins | MetaCyc |