CHEBI:16946 - L-kynurenine

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ChEBI Name L-kynurenine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16946
ChEBI ASCII Name L-kynurenine
Definition A kynurenine that has L configuration.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:13129, CHEBI:43628, CHEBI:6258, CHEBI:21346
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Formula C10H12N2O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 208.21390
Monoisotopic Mass 208.08479
InChI InChI=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)/t8-/m0/s1
InChIKey YGPSJZOEDVAXAB-QMMMGPOBSA-N
SMILES N[C@@H](CC(=O)c1ccccc1N)C(O)=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI:txid4932) Source: yeast.sf.net See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid).
(via organic amino compound )
Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite
Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ).
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
(via kynurenine )
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
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Outgoing L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772)
L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946) is a kynurenine (CHEBI:28683)
L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946) is a non-proteinogenic L-α-amino acid (CHEBI:83822)
L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946) is conjugate acid of L-kynureninate (CHEBI:67010)
L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946) is enantiomer of D-kynurenine (CHEBI:86262)
L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946) is tautomer of L-kynurenine zwitterion (CHEBI:57959)
Incoming N-formyl-L-kynurenine (CHEBI:30249) has functional parent L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946)
L-kynureninate (CHEBI:67010) is conjugate base of L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946)
D-kynurenine (CHEBI:86262) is enantiomer of L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946)
L-kynurenine zwitterion (CHEBI:57959) is tautomer of L-kynurenine (CHEBI:16946)
IUPAC Name
3-(2-aminobenzoyl)-L-alanine
Synonyms Sources
(2S)-2-amino-4-(2-aminophenyl)-4-oxobutanoic acid IUPAC
3-Anthraniloyl-L-alanine KEGG COMPOUND
KYNURENINE PDBeChem
L-Kynurenine KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00007604 KNApSAcK
C00328 KEGG COMPOUND
CPD-14736 MetaCyc
DB02070 DrugBank
HMDB0000684 HMDB
KYN PDBeChem
Kynurenine Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
2922-83-0 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
2922-83-0 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
2942333 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
Citation Waiting for Citations Type Source
22770225 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
27 January 2016