CHEBI:32807 - o-orsellinic acid

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ChEBI Name o-orsellinic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:32807
ChEBI ASCII Name o-orsellinic acid
Definition A dihydroxybenzoic acid that is 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid in which the hydrogen at position 6 is replaced by a methyl group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:7791, CHEBI:25621
Supplier Information ChemicalBook:CB1185500, eMolecules:984090, ZINC000000901157
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Orsellinic acid, more specifically o-orsellinic acid, is a phenolic acid. It is of importance in the biochemistry of lichens, from which it can be extracted. It is a common subunit of depsides.
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Formula C8H8O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 168.148
Monoisotopic Mass 168.04226
InChI InChI=1S/C8H8O4/c1-4-2-5(9)3-6(10)7(4)8(11)12/h2-3,9-10H,1H3,(H,11,12)
InChIKey AMKYESDOVDKZKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC1=C(C(O)=O)C(O)=CC(O)=C1
Metabolite of Species Details
Ascomycota sp. Ind19F07 (NCBI:txid1583058) See: PubMed
Penicillium purpurogenum (NCBI:txid28575) Found in mycelium (BTO:0001436). Ethylacetate extract of fermentation broth and acetone extract of mycelia of strain JS03 21 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): marine metabolite
Any metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in marine macro- and microorganisms.
fungal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in fungi, the kingdom that includes microorganisms such as the yeasts and moulds.
metabolite
Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
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Outgoing o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807) has role fungal metabolite (CHEBI:76946)
o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807) has role marine metabolite (CHEBI:76507)
o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807) is a dihydroxybenzoic acid (CHEBI:23778)
o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807) is a resorcinols (CHEBI:33572)
o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807) is conjugate acid of o-orsellinate (CHEBI:16162)
Incoming 3,5-dimethylorsellinic acid (CHEBI:132131) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
3-methylorsellinic acid (CHEBI:146309) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
5-methylorsellinic acid (CHEBI:146307) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
o-orsellinate depside (CHEBI:15871) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
brartemicin (CHEBI:65512) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
comazaphilone D (CHEBI:70013) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
FR191512 (CHEBI:65912) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
globosumone A (CHEBI:68705) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
globosumone B (CHEBI:68706) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
melleolide F (CHEBI:167712) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
papulacandin (CHEBI:72596) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
purpurquinone A (CHEBI:69469) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
purpurquinone C (CHEBI:69471) has functional parent o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
o-orsellinate (CHEBI:16162) is conjugate base of o-orsellinic acid (CHEBI:32807)
IUPAC Name
2,4-dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoic acid
Synonyms Sources
2,4-Dihydroxy-6-methylbenzoic acid KEGG COMPOUND
4,6-Dihydroxy-o-toluic acid KEGG COMPOUND
o-Orsellinic acid KEGG COMPOUND
orsellic acid ChemIDplus
orsellinic acid ChEBI
Orsellinsäure ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
6X7 PDBeChem
C00000487 KNApSAcK
C01839 KEGG COMPOUND
CPD-47 MetaCyc
LMPK13010001 LIPID MAPS
LSM-20972 LINCS
Orsellinic_acid Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
2211027 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
480-64-8 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
480-64-8 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations
Tian YQ, Lin XP, Liu J, Kaliyaperumal K, Ai W, Ju ZR, Yang B, Wang J, Yang XW, Liu Y (2015)
Ascomycotin A, a new citromycetin analogue produced by Ascomycota sp. Ind19F07 isolated from deep sea sediment.
Natural product research 29, 820-826 [PubMed:25537370]
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Wang H, Wang Y, Wang W, Fu P, Liu P, Zhu W (2011)
Anti-influenza virus polyketides from the acid-tolerant fungus Penicillium purpurogenum JS03-21.
Journal of natural products 74, 2014-2018 [PubMed:21879714]
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Seshime Y, Juvvadi PR, Kitamoto K, Ebizuka Y, Nonaka T, Fujii I (2010)
Aspergillus oryzae type III polyketide synthase CsyA is involved in the biosynthesis of 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters 20, 4785-4788 [PubMed:20630753]
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Sanchez JF, Chiang YM, Szewczyk E, Davidson AD, Ahuja M, Elizabeth Oakley C, Woo Bok J, Keller N, Oakley BR, Wang CC (2010)
Molecular genetic analysis of the orsellinic acid/F9775 gene cluster of Aspergillus nidulans.
Molecular bioSystems 6, 587-593 [PubMed:20174687]
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Schroeckh V, Scherlach K, Nützmann HW, Shelest E, Schmidt-Heck W, Schuemann J, Martin K, Hertweck C, Brakhage AA (2009)
Intimate bacterial-fungal interaction triggers biosynthesis of archetypal polyketides in Aspergillus nidulans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, 14558-14563 [PubMed:19666480]
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Mosbach K, Bävertoft I (1971)
A comparative study on the biosynthesis of palmitic and orsellinic acids in Penicillium baarnense.
Acta chemica Scandinavica 25, 1931-1936 [PubMed:4399350]
Van Eijk GW (1969)
Isolation and identification of orsellinic acid and penicillic acid produced by Penicillium fennelliae Stolk.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 35, 497-504 [PubMed:5311576]
BIRKINSHAW JH, GOWLLAND A (1962)
Studies in the biochemistry of micro-organisms. 110. Production and biosynthesis of orsellinic acid by Penicillium madriti G. Smith.
The Biochemical journal 84, 342-347 [PubMed:13869400]
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06 June 2022