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Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Molecular Formula C10H12N2O3
Molecular Weight 208.2139
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED
Defined Stereocenters 1 / 1
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of KYNURENINE, (R)-

SMILES

N[C@H](CC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1N)C(O)=O

InChI

InChIKey=YGPSJZOEDVAXAB-MRVPVSSYSA-N
InChI=1S/C10H12N2O3/c11-7-4-2-1-3-6(7)9(13)5-8(12)10(14)15/h1-4,8H,5,11-12H2,(H,14,15)/t8-/m1/s1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C10H12N2O3
Molecular Weight 208.2139
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ABSOLUTE
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 1 / 1
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity UNSPECIFIED

D-kynurenine is metabolite of the amino acid D-tryptophan. D-kynurenine is an agonist for GPR109B (HM74), a putative G protein-coupled receptor. D-kynurenine elicits chemotactic responses in human neutrophils through GPR109B. D-amino acid oxidase can metabolize D-kynurenine to produce the fluorescent compound kynurenic acid.

CNS Activity

Curator's Comment: D-kynurenine was readily detected in the brain, liver, and plasma of mice treated systemically with D-kynurenine (300 mg/kg). In vivo, focal application of 100 μM D-kynurenine by reverse microdialysis led to a steady rise in extracellular kynurenic acid in the rat striatum, causing a 4-fold elevation after 2 h. Attesting to functional significance, this increase was accompanied by a 36% reduction in extracellular dopamine. No human data available.

Originator

Sources: Kotake, Y., and Ito, N. 'The intermediate metabolism of tryptophan:XXV. Isolation of d-kynurenine,' J. Biochem. (Japan) 25:71-77, 1937.
Curator's Comment: reference retrieved from http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/416136.pdf

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TargetsConditions

Conditions

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PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Changes in the plasma concentrations of D-kynurenine and kynurenic acid in rats after intraperitoneal administration of tryptophan enantiomers.
2010-11
Changes in extracellular kynurenic acid concentrations in rat prefrontal cortex after D-kynurenine infusion: an in vivo microdialysis study.
2010-04
Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase is a key modulator of physiological neurogenesis and anxiety-related behavior in mice.
2009-03-27
Aromatic D-amino acids act as chemoattractant factors for human leukocytes through a G protein-coupled receptor, GPR109B.
2009-03-10
3-[(3-Dehydroabietamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propane-sulfonate as a new type of chiral surfactant for enantiomer separation in micellar electrokinetic chromatography.
2007-03-23
Purification and biochemical characterization of some of the properties of recombinant human kynureninase.
2002-04

Sample Use Guides

mice: 30 mg/kg, i.p.
Route of Administration: Intraperitoneal
0.1-1000 uM D-kynurenine dose-dependently decreased the forskolin-stimulated production of cAMP in human neutrophils
Substance Class Chemical
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Name Type Language
D-KYNURENINE
Preferred Name English
KYNURENINE, (R)-
Common Name English
KYNURENINE, D-
Common Name English
BENZENEBUTANOIC ACID, .ALPHA.,2-DIAMINO-.GAMMA.-OXO-, (.ALPHA.R)-
Systematic Name English
KYNURENINE, (-)-
Common Name English
BENZENEBUTANOIC ACID, .ALPHA.,2-DIAMINO-.GAMMA.-OXO-, (R)-
Systematic Name English
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EPA CompTox
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CAS
13441-51-5
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PUBCHEM
1152206
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FDA UNII
DK8PQD0WC5
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