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<compound>
  <version>2.0</version>
  <creation_date>2012-08-03 14:57:54 -0600</creation_date>
  <update_date>2015-09-13 15:15:32 -0600</update_date>
  <accession>ECMDB21396</accession>
  <m2m_id>M2MDB001791</m2m_id>
  <name>Urocanic acid</name>
  <description>Urocanic acid is a breakdown (deamination) product of histidine from histidase or histidine ammonia lyase (hutS).</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>3-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)-2-propenoate</synonym>
    <synonym>3-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)-2-propenoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>3-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)acrylate</synonym>
    <synonym>3-(1H-Imidazol-4-yl)acrylic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>3-(4-Imidazolyl)acrylate</synonym>
    <synonym>3-(4-Imidazolyl)acrylic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>5-Imidazoleacrylate</synonym>
    <synonym>5-Imidazoleacrylic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Imidazole-4-acrylate</synonym>
    <synonym>Imidazole-4-acrylic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Imidazoleacrylate</synonym>
    <synonym>Imidazoleacrylic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Urocanate</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C6H6N2O2</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>138.124</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>138.042927446</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>(2E)-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)prop-2-enoic acid</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>trans-urocanic acid</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>104-98-3</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>OC(=O)\C=C\C1=CNC=N1</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C6H6N2O2/c9-6(10)2-1-5-3-7-4-8-5/h1-4H,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/b2-1+</inchi>
  <inchikey>LOIYMIARKYCTBW-OWOJBTEDSA-N</inchikey>
  <state>Solid</state>
  <cellular_locations>
    <cellular_location>Cytoplasm</cellular_location>
  </cellular_locations>
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      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>0.22</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
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      <kind>logs</kind>
      <value>-0.51</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>solubility</kind>
      <value>4.25e+01 g/l</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
  </predicted_properties>
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      <kind>melting_point</kind>
      <value>225 oC</value>
    </property>
  </experimental_properties>
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    <kind>logp</kind>
    <value>-1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
    <value>3.85</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_basic</kind>
    <value>6.13</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>iupac</kind>
    <value>(2E)-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)prop-2-enoic acid</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <kind>average_mass</kind>
    <value>138.124</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <kind>mono_mass</kind>
    <value>138.042927446</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <kind>smiles</kind>
    <value>OC(=O)\C=C\C1=CNC=N1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>C6H6N2O2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <kind>inchi</kind>
    <value>InChI=1S/C6H6N2O2/c9-6(10)2-1-5-3-7-4-8-5/h1-4H,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/b2-1+</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>inchikey</kind>
    <value>LOIYMIARKYCTBW-OWOJBTEDSA-N</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
    <value>65.98</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>refractivity</kind>
    <value>35.57</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>polarizability</kind>
    <value>13.1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
    <value>2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
    <value>3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>donor_count</kind>
    <value>2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
    <value>-1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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  <hmdb_id>HMDB00301</hmdb_id>
  <pubchem_compound_id>1178</pubchem_compound_id>
  <chemspider_id>643824</chemspider_id>
  <kegg_id>C00785</kegg_id>
  <chebi_id>30817</chebi_id>
  <biocyc_id/>
  <het_id>URO</het_id>
  <wikipidia>Urocanic acid</wikipidia>
  <foodb_id/>
  <general_references>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Ishii, N., Nakahigashi, K., Baba, T., Robert, M., Soga, T., Kanai, A., Hirasawa, T., Naba, M., Hirai, K., Hoque, A., Ho, P. Y., Kakazu, Y., Sugawara, K., Igarashi, S., Harada, S., Masuda, T., Sugiyama, N., Togashi, T., Hasegawa, M., Takai, Y., Yugi, K., Arakawa, K., Iwata, N., Toya, Y., Nakayama, Y., Nishioka, T., Shimizu, K., Mori, H., Tomita, M. (2007). "Multiple high-throughput analyses monitor the response of E. coli to perturbations." Science 316:593-597.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>17379776</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Sastry CM, Whitmore SE, Breysse PN, Morison WL, Strickland PT: The effect of clinical UVA/B exposures on urinary urocanic acid isomer levels in individuals with caucasian type (II/III) skin types. Dermatol Online J. 2005 Dec 1;11(3):1.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>16409897</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Hug DH, Hunter JK, Dunkerson DD: The potential role for urocanic acid and sunlight in the immune suppression associated with protein malnutrition. J Photochem Photobiol B. 1998 Jul 10;44(2):117-23.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>9757593</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Snellman E, Jansen CT, Laihia JK, Milan T, Koulu L, Leszczynski K, Pasanen P: Urocanic acid concentration and photoisomerization in Caucasian skin phototypes. Photochem Photobiol. 1997 May;65(5):862-5.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>9155258</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Schwarz W, Langer K, Haag A: High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of (Z)-and (E)-urocanic acid in human skin. J Chromatogr. 1984 Sep 14;310(1):188-92.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>6501514</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Hermann K, Abeck D: Determination of histidine and urocanic acid isomers in the human skin by high-performance capillary electrophoresis. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl. 2000 Nov 10;749(1):41-7.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>11129077</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Kinuta M, Kinuta K, Yamada H, Abe T, Yoshida Y, Araki K, Li SA, Otsuka A, Nakanishi A, Moriyama Y, Takei K: Formation of S-[2-carboxy-1-(1H-imidazol-4-yl) ethyl]glutathione, a new metabolite of L-histidine, from cis-urocanic acid and glutathione by the action of glutathione S-transferase. Electrophoresis. 2003 Sep;24(18):3212-8.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>14518047</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Yokoya S, Tokuhiro E, Suwa S, Maesaka H: Measurement of the skin urocanic acid content in normal and histidinemic infants. Eur J Pediatr. 1983 Sep;140(4):330-2.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>6628454</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
    <reference>
      <reference_text>Morrison H: Photochemistry and photobiology of urocanic acid.  Photodermatol. 1985 Jun;2(3):158-65.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>3895185</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
  </general_references>
  <synthesis_reference>Yamamoto, Kozo; Sato, Tadashi; Tosa, Tetsuya; Chibata, Ichiro. Continuous production of urocanic acid by immobilized Achromobacter liquidum cells. Biotechnology and Bioengineering (1974), 16(12), 1601-10.</synthesis_reference>
  <msds_url>http://hmdb.ca/system/metabolites/msds/000/000/220/original/HMDB00301.pdf?1358461961</msds_url>
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  <transporters>
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  <reactions>
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  <concentrations>
    <growth_media>48 mM Na2HPO4, 22 mM KH2PO4, 10 mM NaCl, 45 mM (NH4)2SO4, supplemented with 1 mM MgSO4, 1 mg/l thiamine·HCl, 5.6 mg/l CaCl2, 8 mg/l FeCl3, 1 mg/l MnCl2·4H2O, 1.7 mg/l ZnCl2, 0.43 mg/l CuCl2·2H2O, 0.6 mg/l CoCl2·2H2O and 0.6 mg/l Na2MoO4·2H2O.  4 g/L Gluco</growth_media>
    <growth_system>Bioreactor, pH controlled, O2 and CO2 controlled, dilution rate: 0.2/h</growth_system>
    <concentration>68.9</concentration>
    <concentration_units>uM</concentration_units>
    <internal/>
    <error>0.0</error>
    <temperature>37 oC</temperature>
    <strain>BW25113</strain>
    <growth_status>Stationary Phase, glucose limited</growth_status>
    <molecules>275600</molecules>
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    <reference>
      <reference_text>Ishii, N., Nakahigashi, K., Baba, T., Robert, M., Soga, T., Kanai, A., Hirasawa, T., Naba, M., Hirai, K., Hoque, A., Ho, P. Y., Kakazu, Y., Sugawara, K., Igarashi, S., Harada, S., Masuda, T., Sugiyama, N., Togashi, T., Hasegawa, M., Takai, Y., Yugi, K., Arakawa, K., Iwata, N., Toya, Y., Nakayama, Y., Nishioka, T., Shimizu, K., Mori, H., Tomita, M. (2007). "Multiple high-throughput analyses monitor the response of E. coli to perturbations." Science 316:593-597.</reference_text>
      <pubmed_id>17379776</pubmed_id>
    </reference>
  </concentrations>
</compound>
