CHEBI:51246 - propidium

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ChEBI Name propidium
ChEBI ID CHEBI:51246
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:45031, CHEBI:51242
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Formula C27H34N4
Net Charge +2
Average Mass 414.58582
Monoisotopic Mass 414.27725
InChI InChI=1S/C27H33N4/c1-4-31(3,5-2)17-9-16-30-26-19-22(29)13-15-24(26)23-14-12-21(28)18-25(23)27(30)20-10-7-6-8-11-20/h6-8,10-15,18-19,29H,4-5,9,16-17,28H2,1-3H3/q+1/p+1
InChIKey ZDWVWKDAWBGPDN-UHFFFAOYSA-O
SMILES CC[N+](C)(CC)CCC[n+]1c(-c2ccccc2)c2cc(N)ccc2c2ccc(N)cc12
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): intercalator
A role played by a chemical agent which exhibits the capability of occupying space between DNA base pairs due to particular properties in size, shape and charge. Intercalation of chemical compounds in DNA helix can result in replication errors (shift, mutation) or DNA damages.
Application(s): fluorochrome
A fluorescent dye used to stain biological specimens.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing propidium (CHEBI:51246) has role fluorochrome (CHEBI:51217)
propidium (CHEBI:51246) has role intercalator (CHEBI:24853)
propidium (CHEBI:51246) is a phenanthridines (CHEBI:51245)
propidium (CHEBI:51246) is a quaternary ammonium ion (CHEBI:35267)
Incoming propidium iodide (CHEBI:51240) has part propidium (CHEBI:51246)
IUPAC Name
3,8-diamino-5-{3-[diethyl(methyl)ammonio]propyl}-6-phenylphenanthridinium
Synonyms Sources
3,8-diamino-5-(3-(diethylmethylammonio)propyl)-6-phenylphenanthridinium ChemIDplus
3,8-DIAMINO-5[3-(DIETHYLMETHYLAMMONIO)PROPYL]-6-PHENYLPHENANTHRIDINIUM PDBeChem
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DB02166 DrugBank
LSM-5329 LINCS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
36015-30-2 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
3729792 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
Last Modified
25 February 2016