CHEBI:16235 - guanine

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ChEBI Name guanine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16235
Definition A 2-aminopurine carrying a 6-oxo substituent.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:42948, CHEBI:14371, CHEBI:14372, CHEBI:24443, CHEBI:5563
Supplier Information ChemicalBook:CB3259805, eMolecules:1944819, eMolecules:515658, eMolecules:27678147, eMolecules:6217528, eMolecules:628576, ZINC000000895129
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Formulae C5H5N5O
C5H5N5O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 151.126
Monoisotopic Mass 151.04941
InChI InChI=1S/C5H5N5O/c6-5-9-3-2(4(11)10-5)7-1-8-3/h1H,(H4,6,7,8,9,10,11)
InChIKey UYTPUPDQBNUYGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES C12=C(N=C(NC1=O)N)NC=N2
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI:txid4932) Source: yeast.sf.net See: PubMed
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562) See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): Escherichia coli metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite
Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ).
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
algal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
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Outgoing guanine (CHEBI:16235) has parent hydride 9H-purine (CHEBI:35589)
guanine (CHEBI:16235) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
guanine (CHEBI:16235) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772)
guanine (CHEBI:16235) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735)
guanine (CHEBI:16235) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
guanine (CHEBI:16235) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
guanine (CHEBI:16235) is a 2-aminopurines (CHEBI:20702)
guanine (CHEBI:16235) is a oxopurine (CHEBI:25810)
guanine (CHEBI:16235) is a purine nucleobase (CHEBI:26386)
Incoming 1,N2-ethenoguanine (CHEBI:134096) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
1H,3H,5H-pyrimido[1,2-α]purin-2,6,10-trione (CHEBI:233252) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
2-oxo-ethenoguanine (CHEBI:233226) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
3H,5H-pyrimido[1,2-α]purin-6,10-dione (CHEBI:233251) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (CHEBI:52617) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
7-(2'-oxo-heptyl)-1,N2-ethenoguanine (CHEBI:233227) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
7-(2'-oxo-heptyl)-2-oxo-ethenoguanine (CHEBI:233228) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
8-hydroxy-7-methylguanine (CHEBI:74064) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
8-oxoguanine (CHEBI:44605) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
9-(2-deoxy-2-fluoro-5-O-phosphono-β-D-arabinofuranosyl)guanine (CHEBI:42701) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
9-[2-(phosphonomethoxy)ethyl]guanine (CHEBI:7880) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
N2,3-ethenoguanine (CHEBI:134095) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
N2-carboxyethylguanine (CHEBI:62032) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
O6-methyl-2'-deoxyguanosine (CHEBI:27549) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
acyclovir (CHEBI:2453) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
ganciclovir (CHEBI:465284) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
guanosine (CHEBI:16750) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
guanosines (CHEBI:24458) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
guanyl deoxyribonucleotide residue (CHEBI:60801) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
guanyl nucleotide (CHEBI:61292) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
methylguanine (CHEBI:25305) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
N2-(ADP-D-ribosyl)-guanine(2−) (CHEBI:142716) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
nelarabine (CHEBI:63612) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
penciclovir (CHEBI:7956) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
pyrimido[1,2-α]purin-10(3H)-one (CHEBI:233250) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
valacyclovir (CHEBI:35854) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
valganciclovir (CHEBI:63635) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
xanthine (CHEBI:15318) has functional parent guanine (CHEBI:16235)
guanin-9-yl group (CHEBI:30755) is substituent group from guanine (CHEBI:16235)
IUPAC Name
2-amino-1,9-dihydro-6H-purin-6-one
Synonyms Sources
2-Amino-6-hydroxypurine KEGG COMPOUND
2-amino-6-oxopurine ChEBI
G ChEBI
Gua CBN
Guanine KEGG COMPOUND
GUANINE PDBeChem
guanine UniProt
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00001501 KNApSAcK
C00242 KEGG COMPOUND
DB02377 DrugBank
Guanine Wikipedia
GUANINE MetaCyc
GUN PDBeChem
HMDB0000132 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
147911 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
431879 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
73-40-5 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
73-40-5 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
73-40-5 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
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Last Modified
24 June 2019
General Comment
2010-12-22 Guanine is one of the four main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.