coelenteramide
Sign in to saveCoelenteramide is the oxidized product, or oxyluciferin, of the bioluminescent reactions in many marine organisms that use coelenterazine. It was first isolated as a blue fluorescent protein from Aequorea victoria after the animals were stimulated to emit light. Under basic conditions, the compound will break down further into coelenteramine and 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Mass
- 411.158292
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- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)CC2=NC(=CN=C2NC(=O)CC3=CC=C(C=C3)O)C4=CC=C(C=C4)O
- Commons category
- Coelenteramide
- has characteristic
- natural product
- chemical formula
- C₂₅H₂₁N₃O₃
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- Biosynthesis
- Bioluminescence
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Coelenteramide is the oxidized product, or oxyluciferin, of the bioluminescent reactions in many marine organisms that use coelenterazine. It was first isolated as a blue fluorescent protein from Aequorea victoria after the animals were stimulated to emit light. Under basic conditions, the compound will break down further into coelenteramine and 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid.
It is an aminopyrazine.
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