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premycofactocin

Term ID
CHEBI:150862
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.
References
Ontology
ChEBI  ( EBI )
Relationships
is a type of
has_role
inverse has_functional_parent
Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from premycofactocin
Phenotype where environments contain premycofactocin
Phenotype modified by environments containing premycofactocin
Human Disease Model