atromentin
Sign in to saveAtromentin is a natural chemical compound found in Agaricomycetes fungi in the orders Agaricales and Thelephorales. It can also be prepared by laboratory synthesis. Chemically, it is a polyphenol and a benzoquinone.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C18H12O6
- Molecular weight
- 324.3 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,5-dihydroxy-3,6-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- +324.063388
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- P703
- Suillus bovinus
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- Occurrences
- Biological activities
- Genetic and enzymatic basis of atromentin
- Amino acid nonribosomal code for biosynthesis
- Biosynthesis of atromentin
- Congener pigments
- Redundant biosynthesis
- References
Atromentin is a natural chemical compound found in Agaricomycetes fungi in the orders Agaricales and Thelephorales. It can also be prepared by laboratory synthesis. Chemically, it is a polyphenol and a benzoquinone.
== Occurrences == Atromentin has been found in cultures of Clitocybe subilludens and in extracts of Hydnellum peckii. The first enzymes in its biosynthesis have been characterized in Tapinella panuoides. One of those is called atromentin synthetase.