CHEBI:15890 - 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole

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ChEBI Name 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole
ChEBI ID CHEBI:15890
Definition A dimethylbenzimidazole carrying methyl substituents at positions 5 and 6.
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Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:42126, CHEBI:4620, CHEBI:14172, CHEBI:20516
Supplier Information ZINC000001532854
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3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) is a metabolite of the neurotransmitter dopamine. Dopamine can be metabolized into one of three substances. One such substance is DOPAC. Another is 3-methoxytyramine (3-MT). Both of these substances are degraded to form homovanillic acid (HVA). Both degradations involve the enzymes monoamine oxidase (MAO) and catechol-O-methyl transferase (COMT), albeit in reverse order: MAO catalyzes dopamine to DOPAC, and COMT catalyzes DOPAC to HVA; whereas COMT catalyzes dopamine to 3-MT and MAO catalyzes 3-MT to HVA. The third metabolic end-product of dopamine is norepinephrine (noradrenaline). It can also be found in the bark of Eucalyptus globulus. This product has been synthesized (52% yield) from 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid via aerobic biotransformation using whole cell cultures of Arthrobacter protophormiae.
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Formula C9H10N2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 146.18910
Monoisotopic Mass 146.08440
InChI InChI=1S/C9H10N2/c1-6-3-8-9(4-7(6)2)11-5-10-8/h3-5H,1-2H3,(H,10,11)
InChIKey LJUQGASMPRMWIW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES Cc1cc2nc[nH]c2cc1C
Metabolite of Species Details
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): Escherichia coli metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
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Outgoing 5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole (CHEBI:15890) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole (CHEBI:15890) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole (CHEBI:15890) is a dimethylbenzimidazole (CHEBI:23809)
IUPAC Name
5,6-dimethyl-1H-benzimidazole
Synonyms Sources
5,6-Dimethylbenzimidazole KEGG COMPOUND
5,6-DIMETHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE PDBeChem
5,6-dimethylbenzimidazole UniProt
Dimedazol ChemIDplus
Dimedazole ChemIDplus
Dimesol ChemIDplus
Dimethylbenzimidazole KEGG COMPOUND
Dimezol ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs Databases
C03114 KEGG COMPOUND
DB02591 DrugBank
Dimethylbenzimidazole Wikipedia
DIMETHYLBENZIMIDAZOLE MetaCyc
DMD PDBeChem
HMDB0003701 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
116595 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
279255 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
582-60-5 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
582-60-5 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citation Type Source
23479751 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
25 January 2016