urocanate; urocanic acid

Introduction

Formed from L-histidine in a reaction catalyzed by histidine ammonia-lyase.

L-histidine <--> urocanate + NH3

More general terms

• carboxylate
• imidazole; glyoxaline; 1,3-diazole; iminazole

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=1178
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5460052
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=736715
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5461073