CHEBI:28683 - kynurenine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:28683
ChEBI Namekynurenine
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DefinitionA ketone that is alanine in which one of the methyl hydrogens is substituted by a 2-aminobenzoyl group.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:6148, CHEBI:24992
Last Modified4 October 2016
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FormulaC10H12N2O3
Net Charge0
Average Mass208.217
Monoisotopic Mass208.08479
SMILESNc1ccccc1C(=O)CC(N)C(=O)O
InChIInChI=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)
InChIKeyYGPSJZOEDVAXAB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - PubMed (16139256)
Roles Classification
Chemical Roles:
Bronsted base  A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Brønsted acid).
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)
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 Relation(s)
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
KynurenineKEGG COMPOUND
Manual XrefsDatabases
C01718KEGG COMPOUND
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:2697333Reaxys
CAS:343-65-7ChemIDplus
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