6,7-Dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine

Names

[ Name ]:
6,7-Dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine

[Synonym ]:
6,7-Dimethylribityl Lumazine

Biological Activity

[Description]:

6,7-Dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine is a direct biosynthetic precursor of Riboflavin (RBF; HY-B0456). 6,7-Dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine is a noncovalently bound fluorophore of Lumazine protein (LumP), which is a fluorescent accessory protein[1].

[Related Catalog]:

Research Areas >> Others

Signaling Pathways >> Others >> Others

[In Vitro]

LumP modulates the color of light generated by bacterial luciferase only when it is complexed with 6,7-Dimethyl-8-ribityllumazine (DMRL)[1].

[References]

[1]. Yuichi Sato, et al. Crystal structures of the lumazine protein from Photobacterium kishitanii in complexes with the authentic chromophore, 6,7-dimethyl- 8-(1'-D-ribityl) lumazine, and its analogues, riboflavin and flavin mononucleotide, at high resolution. J Bacteriol. 2010 Jan;192(1):127-33.

Chemical & Physical Properties

[ Molecular Formula ]:
C₁₃H₁₈N₄O₆

[ Molecular Weight ]:
326.31

[ Exact Mass ]:
326.12300

[ PSA ]:
161.56000

Synthetic Route

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Precursor & DownStream

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