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Also known as 4-(aminomethyl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl-pyridin-3-ol, 4-(aminomethyl)-2-methyl-5-methylol-pyridin-3-ol, 4-(Aminomethyl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2-methyl-3-pyridinol, 2-Methyl-4-aminomethyl-5-hydroxymethyl-3-Pyridinol, Pyridoxylamine, 4-(Aminomethyl)-5-hydroxy-6-methyl-3-Pyridinemethanol

Pyridoxamine (PM) is one form of vitamin B6. Chemically it is based on a pyridine ring structure, with hydroxyl, methyl, aminomethyl, and hydroxymethyl substituents. It differs from pyridoxine by the substituent at the 4-position. The hydroxyl at position 3 and aminomethyl group at position 4 of its ring endow pyridoxamine with a variety of chemical properties, including the scavenging of free radical species and carbonyl species formed in sugar and lipid degradation and chelation of metal ions that catalyze Amadori reactions.

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Subclass of
vitamin B6
Mass
168.09
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chemical formula
C₈H₁₂N₂O₂
found in taxon
Escherichia coli
canonical SMILES
CC1=NC=C(C(=C1O)CN)CO
subject has role
primary metabolite
Commons category
Pyridoxamine
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Pyridoxamine (PM) is one form of vitamin B6. Chemically it is based on a pyridine ring structure, with hydroxyl, methyl, aminomethyl, and hydroxymethyl substituents. It differs from pyridoxine by the substituent at the 4-position. The hydroxyl at position 3 and aminomethyl group at position 4 of its ring endow pyridoxamine with a variety of chemical properties, including the scavenging of free radical species and carbonyl species formed in sugar and lipid degradation and chelation of metal ions that catalyze Amadori reactions.

==Research== Pyridoxamine can form fairly weak complexes with a number of transition metal ions, with a preference for Cu2+ and Fe3+. The 3'-hydroxyl group of pyridoxamine allows for efficient hydroxyl radical scavenging.

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