CHEBI:131914 - violacein

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ChEBI Name violacein
ChEBI ID CHEBI:131914
Definition A member of the class of hydroxyindoles resulting from the formal oxidative coupling between the 3-position of 1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-one and the 3-position of 1,3-dihydro-2H-pyrrol-2-one, which is substituted at the 5 position by a 5-hydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl group, where the newly-formed double bond has E configuration. It is a purple chromobacterial pigment that has antibacterial, antifungal, antiprotozoan, and anticancer properties.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter Kristian Axelsen
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Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): apoptosis inducer
Any substance that induces the process of apoptosis (programmed cell death) in multi-celled organisms.
antibacterial agent
A substance (or active part thereof) that kills or slows the growth of bacteria.
antifungal agent
An antimicrobial agent that destroys fungi by suppressing their ability to grow or reproduce.
bacterial metabolite
Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
Application(s): antineoplastic agent
A substance that inhibits or prevents the proliferation of neoplasms.
Related Structures
violacein is a Structural Derivative of
proviolacein
Mass : 327.337
Formula : C20H13N3O2
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