Term Name: premycofactocin
Synonyms: 5-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-4,4-dimethylpyrrolidine-2,3-dione, 5-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]-4,4-dimethylpyrrolidine-2,3-dione, pre-mycofactocin, premycofactocin
Definition: A member of the class of pyrrolidin-2-ones that is pyrrolidine-2,3-dione which is substituted by two methyl groups at position 4 and by a 4-hydroxybenzyl group at position 5. It is a biologically active redox cofactor used by Mycobacterium smegmatis carveol dehydrogenase in the oxidation of carveol.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:150862]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: phenols pyrrolidin-2-ones
has_role: bacterial metabolite cofactor
inverse has_functional_parent: premycofactocinol