Kynurenine

Description:
Kynurenine is a ketone that is alanine in which one of the methyl hydrogens is substituted by a 2-aminobenzoyl group. It has a role as a human metabolite. It is a substituted aniline, an aromatic ketone and a non-proteinogenic alpha-amino acid. It is a conjugate acid of a kynureninate.
Property Value
Metabolite name Kynurenine
AMDB ID 90
PubChem CID 846
HMDB ID HMDB0000684
KEGG ID N/A
ChEBI ID N/A
Molecular formula C10H12N2O3
Molecular weight 208.21
Monoisotopic mass 208.08479225
IUPAC name 2-amino-4-(2-aminophenyl)-4-oxobutanoic acid

Synonyms:

Kynurenine, KN, L-kynurenine

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