CHEBI:16742 - orotic acid

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ChEBI Name orotic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16742
Definition A pyrimidinemonocarboxylic acid that is uracil bearing a carboxy substituent at position C-6.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:44781, CHEBI:7787, CHEBI:25720
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Formulae C5H4N2O4
C5H4N2O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 156.09630
Monoisotopic Mass 156.01711
InChI InChI=1S/C5H4N2O4/c8-3-1-2(4(9)10)6-5(11)7-3/h1H,(H,9,10)(H2,6,7,8,11)
InChIKey PXQPEWDEAKTCGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES OC(=O)c1cc(=O)[nH]c(=O)[nH]1
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): metabolite
Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
Escherichia coli metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
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Outgoing orotic acid (CHEBI:16742) has functional parent uracil (CHEBI:17568)
orotic acid (CHEBI:16742) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
orotic acid (CHEBI:16742) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
orotic acid (CHEBI:16742) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
orotic acid (CHEBI:16742) is a pyrimidinemonocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:26447)
orotic acid (CHEBI:16742) is conjugate acid of orotate (CHEBI:30839)
Incoming N-[(2,6-dioxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-4-yl)carbonyl]-β-alanine (CHEBI:156205) has functional parent orotic acid (CHEBI:16742)
dihydroorotic acid (CHEBI:30865) has functional parent orotic acid (CHEBI:16742)
methyl N-[(2,6-dioxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrimidin-4-yl)carbonyl]-β-alaninate (CHEBI:156206) has functional parent orotic acid (CHEBI:16742)
orotate (CHEBI:30839) is conjugate base of orotic acid (CHEBI:16742)
IUPAC Name
2,6-dioxo-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyrimidine-4-carboxylic acid
Synonyms Sources
Orotic acid KEGG COMPOUND
OROTIC ACID PDBeChem
Orotsäure ChEBI
Uracil-6-carboxylic acid KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
3402 DrugCentral
C00019689 KNApSAcK
C00295 KEGG COMPOUND
D00055 KEGG DRUG
DB02262 DrugBank
HMDB0000226 HMDB
ORO PDBeChem
OROTATE MetaCyc
Orotic_acid Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
101990 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
383901 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
383901 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
65-86-1 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
65-86-1 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
65-86-1 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
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16 July 2020