Aureusidin

Aureusidin
Names
	IUPAC name 3′,4,4′,6-Tetrahydroxyaurone
	Systematic IUPAC name (2Z)-2-[(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)methylidene]-4,6-dihydroxy-1-benzofuran-3(2H)-one
	Other names (Z)-2-(3,4-Dihydroxybenzylidene)-4,6-dihydroxybenzofuran-3(2H)-one
Identifiers
CAS Number	38216-54-5 =;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChEBI	CHEBI:18149 ;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL593229 ;
ChemSpider	4444632 ;
PubChem CID	5281220;
UNII	U8B4XHN2DX ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID201028835 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C15H10O6/c16-8-5-11(19)14-12(6-8)21-13(15(14)20)4-7-1-2-9(17)10(18)3-7/h1-6,16-19H/b13-4- Key: WBEFUVAYFSOUEA-PQMHYQBVSA-N ; InChI=1/C15H10O6/c16-8-5-11(19)14-12(6-8)21-13(15(14)20)4-7-1-2-9(17)10(18)3-7/h1-6,16-19H/b13-4- Key: WBEFUVAYFSOUEA-PQMHYQBVBG;
	SMILES C1=CC(=C(C=C1C=C2C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)O;
Properties
Chemical formula	C15H10O6
Molar mass	286.239 g·mol−1
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Aureusidin is an aurone, a type of flavonoid.

Metabolism

Aureusidin synthase^[1] is an enzyme found in Antirrhinum majus (Garden snapdragon).^[2]

^ Nakayama, Toru; Sato, Takuya; Fukui, Yuko; Yonekura-Sakakibara, Keiko; Hayashi, Hideyuki; Tanaka, Yoshikazu; Kusumi, Takaaki; Nishino, Tokuzo (2001). "Specificity analysis and mechanism of aurone synthesis catalyzed by aureusidin synthase, a polyphenol oxidase homolog responsible for flower coloration". FEBS Letters. 499 (1–2): 107–111. doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02529-7. PMID 11418122. S2CID 32673135.
^ "Aureusidin synthase". uniprot.org.

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