Amanullinic acid

Amanullinic acid is a cyclic nonribosomal peptide. It is an amatoxin, all of which are found in several members of the mushroom genus Amanita. Amanullinic acid is relatively non-toxic( oral LD50 >20 mg/kg in mice).[1]

Amanullinic acid
Names
Other names
1-L-Aspartic acid-3-isoleucine-alpha-amanitin
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
Properties
C39H53N9O13S
Molar mass 887.96 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Toxicology

Like other amatoxins, amanullinic acid is an inhibitor of RNA polymerase II.

See also

References

  1. T. Wieland; Faulstich H. (1978). "Amatoxins, Phallotoxins, Phallolysin, and Antamanide: the Biologically Active Components of Poisonous Amanita Mushrooms". CRC Critical Reviews in Biochemistry. 5 (3): 185–260. doi:10.3109/10409237809149870. PMID 363352.
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