aplysiatoxin
Sign in to saveAlso known as (1S,3R,4S,5S,9R,13S,14R)-3-[(2S,5S)-5-(2-bromo-5-hydroxyphenyl)-5-methoxypentan-2-yl]-13-hydroxy-9-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-4,14,16,16-tetramethyl-2,6,10,17-tetraoxatricyclo[11.3.1.1¹,⁵]octadecane-7,11-dione
Aplysiatoxin is a cyanotoxin produced by certain cyanobacteria species. It is used as a defensive secretion to protect these cyanobacteria from predation by fish, being a potent irritant and carcinogen, by acting as a powerful activator of protein kinase C. While this action has a tumour-promoting effect, protein kinase C activation can be medically beneficial for some other applications, and synthetic analogues of aplysiatoxin have been researched for anti-cancer effects.
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- Mass
- 670.235259804
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- canonical SMILES
- O=C1OC2CC3(OC(C(C)CCC(OC)C4=CC(O)=CC=C4Br)C2C)OC(O)(CC(=O)OC(C1)C(O)C)C(C)CC3(C)C
- isomeric SMILES
- CO[C@@H](CC[C@H](C)[C@H]1O[C@@]23C[C@H](OC(=O)C[C@H]([C@@H](C)O)OC(=O)C[C@](O)(O2)[C@H](C)CC3(C)C)[C@@H]1C)c1cc(O)ccc1Br
- chemical formula
- C₃₂H₄₇BrO₁₀
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Aplysiatoxin is a cyanotoxin produced by certain cyanobacteria species. It is used as a defensive secretion to protect these cyanobacteria from predation by fish, being a potent irritant and carcinogen, by acting as a powerful activator of protein kinase C. While this action has a tumour-promoting effect, protein kinase C activation can be medically beneficial for some other applications, and synthetic analogues of aplysiatoxin have been researched for anti-cancer effects.
==See also== Debromoaplysiatoxin
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