dimethyl diselenide (CHEBI:176517)

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ChEBI Name	dimethyl diselenide

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:176517

Definition	An organoselenium compound that is diselane covalently bound to two methyl groups. It has been detected in onion-family vegetables and soft-necked garlics. It induces ER stress and toxic protein aggregation in the budding yeast, S. cerevisiae and used as a reagent to identify distonic radical cations.

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Submitter	Rob Nash

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Formula

C2H6Se2

Net Charge

Average Mass

188.012

Monoisotopic Mass

189.87999

InChI

InChI=1S/C2H6Se2/c1-3-4-2/h1-2H3

InChIKey

VLXBWPOEOIIREY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C[Se][Se]C

Metabolite of Species	Details
Mesocricetus auratus (NCBI:txid10036)	Found in urine (BTO:0001419). See: PubMed
Pseudomonas tolaasii (NCBI:txid29442)	See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606)	Identified in hepatocytes. See: DOI

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	bacterial metabolite Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria. mammalian metabolite Any animal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in mammals. plant metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms. human xenobiotic metabolite Any human metabolite produced by metabolism of a xenobiotic compound in humans.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	dimethyl diselenide (CHEBI:176517) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969) dimethyl diselenide (CHEBI:176517) has role human xenobiotic metabolite (CHEBI:76967) dimethyl diselenide (CHEBI:176517) has role mammalian metabolite (CHEBI:75768) dimethyl diselenide (CHEBI:176517) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924) dimethyl diselenide (CHEBI:176517) is a organoselenium compound (CHEBI:25712)

IUPAC Name

dimethyldiselane

Last Modified

16 June 2021