| Term Name: | premycofactocin |
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| Synonyms: | 5-(4-hydroxybenzyl)-4,4-dimethylpyrrolidine-2,3-dione, 5-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)methyl]-4,4-dimethylpyrrolidine-2,3-dione, pre-mycofactocin, premycofactocin |
| Definition: | A member of the class of pyrrolidin-2-ones that is pyrrolidine-2,3-dione which is substituted by two methyl groups at position 4 and by a 4-hydroxybenzyl group at position 5. It is a biologically active redox cofactor used by Mycobacterium smegmatis carveol dehydrogenase in the oxidation of carveol. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:150862] ( EBI ) |