flexirubins (CHEBI:87032)

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CHEBI:87032 - flexirubins

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ChEBI Name	flexirubins

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:87032

Definition	Flexirubins are a unique type of pigment produced by various bacteria species characterised by a common structure comprising non-isoprenoid ω-substituted polyene carboxylic acids esterified with 2,5-dialkylated resorcinols.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Metabolite of Species	Details
Chryseobacterium artocarpi (NCBI:txid1414727)	of strain CECT 8497 See: PubMed
Flexibacter elegans (NCBI:txid997)	See: PubMed

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	bacterial metabolite Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria. biological pigment An endogenous molecular entity that results in a colour of an organism as the consequence of the selective absorption of light.

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Outgoing	flexirubins (CHEBI:87032) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969) flexirubins (CHEBI:87032) has role biological pigment (CHEBI:26130) flexirubins (CHEBI:87032) is a aromatic ester (CHEBI:62732) flexirubins (CHEBI:87032) is a enoate ester (CHEBI:51702)

Incoming	flexirubin (CHEBI:87031) is a flexirubins (CHEBI:87032)

Citations	Types	Sources
25979288	PubMed citation	Europe PMC
4217145	PubMed citation	Europe PMC

Last Modified

21 July 2015

CHEBI:87032 - flexirubins

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