CHEBI:15372 - 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin

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ChEBI Name 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin
ChEBI ID CHEBI:15372
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:12074, CHEBI:43063, CHEBI:9480, CHEBI:15219, CHEBI:26902
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Formula C9H15N5O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 241.24730
Monoisotopic Mass 241.11749
InChI InChI=1S/C9H15N5O3/c1-3(15)6(16)4-2-11-7-5(12-4)8(17)14-9(10)13-7/h3-4,6,12,15-16H,2H2,1H3,(H4,10,11,13,14,17)
InChIKey FNKQXYHWGSIFBK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC(O)C(O)C1CNc2nc(N)[nH]c(=O)c2N1
Metabolite of Species Details
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): prosthetic group
A tightly bound, specific nonpolypeptide unit in a protein determining and involved in its biological activity.
coenzyme
A low-molecular-weight, non-protein organic compound participating in enzymatic reactions as dissociable acceptor or donor of chemical groups or electrons.
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
Application(s): nutraceutical
A product in capsule, tablet or liquid form that provide essential nutrients, such as a vitamin, an essential mineral, a protein, an herb, or similar nutritional substance.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372) has role coenzyme (CHEBI:23354)
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372) has role nutraceutical (CHEBI:50733)
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372) has role prosthetic group (CHEBI:26348)
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372) is a biopterins (CHEBI:22881)
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372) is a diol (CHEBI:23824)
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372) is a tetrahydropterin (CHEBI:30436)
Incoming 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15374) has functional parent 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372)
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin radical cation (CHEBI:62772) has functional parent 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372)
(6R)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:136570) is a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372)
(6R)-L-threo-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:64241) is a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372)
L-erythro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:64491) is a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372)
sapropterin (CHEBI:59560) is a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372)
tetrahydrodictyopterin (CHEBI:52447) is a 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (CHEBI:15372)
IUPAC Name
2-amino-6-(1,2-dihydroxypropyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropteridin-4(3H)-one
Synonyms Sources
2-Amino-6-(1,2-dihydroxypropyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydoro-4(1H)-pteridinone KEGG COMPOUND
5,6,7,8-Tetrahydrobiopterin KEGG COMPOUND
5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN PDBeChem
5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin UniProt
BH4 ChEBI
BH4 ChemIDplus
Tetrahydrobiopterin KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00272 KEGG COMPOUND
DB00360 DrugBank
H4B PDBeChem
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
17528-72-2 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
17528-72-2 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
544742 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
Last Modified
16 October 2018