4454
T3D4400
Sepiapterin
Sepiapterin is an intermediate in the salvage pathway of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH(4)). It is a yellow fluorescing pigment. Sepiapterin accumulates in the brain of patients with sepiapterin reductase (SR) deficiency.
17094-01-8
65253
C9H11N5O3
White powder.
No indication of carcinogenicity to humans (not listed by IARC).
This is an endogenously produced metabolite found in the human body. It is used in metabolic reactions, catabolic reactions or waste generation.
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C00835
804632
CPD-374
DB16326
true
C[C@H](O)C(=O)C1=NC2=C(NC1)NC(N)=NC2=O
C9H11N5O3
InChI=1S/C9H11N5O3/c1-3(15)6(16)4-2-11-7-5(12-4)8(17)14-9(10)13-7/h3,15H,2H2,1H3,(H4,10,11,13,14,17)/t3-/m0/s1
VPVOXUSPXFPWBN-VKHMYHEASA-N
237.2153
237.086189243
Endogenous
Solid
-1.4
HMDB00238
CHEMBL1255653
58746
Pfleiderer, Wolfgang. Synthesis and absolute configuration of sepiapterin. Chem. Biol. Pteridines, Proc. Int. Symp., 5th (1975), 941-9.
CHEM003360
NS00014920
2-amino-6-[(2S)-2-hydroxypropanoyl]-1,4,7,8-tetrahydropteridin-4-one
129.17
67.49680000000001
22.440769510601005
2
8
4
9.17814455890009
-1.309143926918912
0
2
-1.09
-2.30
1.18e+00 g/l