3,4-Dihydroxystyrene

Chemical compound
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Legal statusLegal status
  • In general: uncontrolled
Identifiers
  • 4-Ethenylbenzene-1,2-diol
CAS Number
  • 6053-02-7 ☒N
PubChem CID
  • 151398
ChemSpider
  • 133430 checkY
UNII
  • 28C0I29E70
KEGG
  • C06224 checkY
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
  • DTXSID20209275 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical dataFormulaC8H8O2Molar mass136.150 g·mol−13D model (JSmol)
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  • Oc1ccc(\C=C)cc1O
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C8H8O2/c1-2-6-3-4-7(9)8(10)5-6/h2-5,9-10H,1H2 checkY
  • Key:FBTSUTGMWBDAAC-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
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3,4-Dihydroxystyrene (DHS) is a centrally-acting inhibitor of the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PH).[1] It is likely that DHS and other PH inhibitors will never have clinical applications on account of their capacity for inducing hyperphenylalaninemia and phenylketonuria.[citation needed]

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References

  1. ^ Koizumi S, Matsushima Y, Nagatsu T, Iinuma H, Takeuchi T, Umezawa H (September 1984). "3,4-dihydroxystyrene, a novel microbial inhibitor for phenylalanine hydroxylase and other pteridine-dependent monooxygenases". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology. 789 (2): 111–8. doi:10.1016/0167-4838(84)90194-8. PMID 6148105.
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Non-specific
AAADTooltip Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase
MAOTooltip Monoamine oxidase
Phenethylamines
(dopamine, epinephrine,
norepinephrine)
PAHTooltip Phenylalanine hydroxylase
  • Inhibitors: 3,4-Dihydroxystyrene
THTooltip Tyrosine hydroxylase
DBHTooltip Dopamine beta-monooxygenase
PNMTTooltip Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
  • Inhibitors: CGS-19281A
  • SKF-64139
  • SKF-7698
COMTTooltip Catechol-O-methyl transferase
Tryptamines
(serotonin, melatonin)
TPHTooltip Tryptophan hydroxylase
AANATTooltip Serotonin N-acetyl transferase
ASMTTooltip Acetylserotonin O-methyltransferase
Histamine
HDCTooltip Histidine decarboxylase
  • Substrates→Products: L-Histidine→Histamine
HNMTTooltip Histamine N-methyltransferase
  • Substrates→Products: Histamine→N-Methylhistamine
DAOTooltip Diamine oxidase
  • Substrates→Products: Histamine→Imidazole acetic acid
See also: Receptor/signaling modulators • Adrenergics • Dopaminergics • Melatonergics • Serotonergics • Monoamine reuptake inhibitors • Monoamine releasing agents • Monoamine neurotoxins
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