octopamine

Term ID

CHEBI:17134

Synonyms

1-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-2-aminoethanol
1-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-2-aminoethanol
4-(2-amino-1-hydroxyethyl)phenol
alpha-(aminomethyl)-4-hydroxybenzenemethanol
alpha-(aminomethyl)-p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol
beta-hydroxytyramine
norsynephrine
Octopamin
Octopamine
octopaminum
p-Hydroxyphenylethanolamine

Definition

A member of the class of phenylethanolamines that is phenol which is substituted at the para- position by a 2-amino-1-hydroxyethyl group. A biogenic phenylethanolamine which has been found to act as a neurotransmitter, neurohormone or neuromodulator in invertebrates.

References

Beilstein:1211019
CAS:104-14-3
Drug_Central:3396
KEGG:C04227
LINCS:LSM-4975

Ontology

ChEBI ( EBI )

Resources

CTD

Relationships

is a type of: phenylethanolamines tyramines

phenylethanolamines tyramines Show first 5 Terms
has subtype: (R)-octopamine (S)-octopamine

(R)-octopamine (S)-octopamine Show first 5 Terms
has_role: neurotransmitter

neurotransmitter Show first 5 Terms
inverse has_functional_parent: N-acetyloctopamine

N-acetyloctopamine Show first 5 Terms
inverse is_conjugate_acid_of: octopaminium

octopaminium Show first 5 Terms
is_conjugate_base_of: octopaminium

octopaminium Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype resulting from octopamine

Phenotype where environments contain octopamine

Phenotype modified by environments containing octopamine

Human Disease Model