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Created at2024-09-11 10:34:59 UTC
Updated at2024-09-11 10:34:59 UTC
NP-MRD IDNP0337379
Secondary Accession NumbersNone
Natural Product Identification
Common NameThaumatin
DescriptionTraumatin, also known as 12-oxo-10t-12:1 Or Delta(10)-oda, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as medium-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains between 4 and 12 carbon atoms. Thus, traumatin is considered to be a fatty acid lipid molecule. Traumatin is a very hydrophobic molecule, practically insoluble (in water), and relatively neutral. Traumatin is an odorless tasting compound. Outside of the human body, Traumatin has been detected, but not quantified in, fruits. This could make traumatin a potential biomarker for the consumption of these foods. Thaumatin has been approved as a sweetener in the European Union (E957), Israel, and Japan. The thaumatin protein is considered a prototype for a pathogen-response protein domain. The proteins are involved in systematically acquired resistance and stress response in plants, although their precise role is unknown. This thaumatin domain has been found in species as diverse as rice and Caenorhabditis elegans. ; Thaumatin production is induced in katemfe in response to an attack upon the plant by viroid pathogens. ; Thaumatin is a low-calorie (virtually calorie-free) protein sweetener and flavour modifier. Thaumatins are pathogenesis related (PR) proteins, which are induced by various agents ranging from ethylene to pathogens, are structurally diverse and apparently ubiquitous in plants: They include thaumatin, osmotin, tobacco major and minor PR proteins, alpha-amylase/trypsin inhibitor, and P21 and PWIR2 soybean and wheat leaf proteins. Thaumatin is an intensely sweet tasting protein (on a molar basis about 100,000 times as sweet as sucrose) found in the West African shrub Thaumatococcus daniellii: It is induced by attack by viroids, which are single-stranded unencapsulated RNA molecules that do not code for protein. In the United States, it is a Generally Recognized as Safe flavoring agent (FEMA GRAS 3732). Thaumatin was first documented in 1979 (PMID: 16660762). Sweetener (5,000 times sweeter than sucrose), flavour enhancer for coffee, peppermint flavours etc.
Structure
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Synonyms
Chemical FormulaC12H20O3
Average Mass212.2854 Da
Monoisotopic Mass212.14124 Da
IUPAC Name(10E)-12-oxododec-10-enoic acid
Traditional Nametraumatin
CAS Registry NumberNot Available
SMILES
OC(=O)CCCCCCCC\C=C\C=O
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/C12H20O3/c13-11-9-7-5-3-1-2-4-6-8-10-12(14)15/h7,9,11H,1-6,8,10H2,(H,14,15)/b9-7+
InChI KeyINMKWUNQKOWGEZ-VQHVLOKHSA-N
Experimental Spectra
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Predicted Spectra
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Chemical Shift Submissions
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Species
Species of OriginNot Available
Chemical Taxonomy
Description Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as medium-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains between 4 and 12 carbon atoms.
KingdomOrganic compounds
Super ClassLipids and lipid-like molecules
ClassFatty Acyls
Sub ClassFatty acids and conjugates
Direct ParentMedium-chain fatty acids
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Medium-chain fatty acid
  • Unsaturated fatty acid
  • Straight chain fatty acid
  • Enal
  • Alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehyde
  • Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives
  • Carboxylic acid
  • Carboxylic acid derivative
  • Organic oxygen compound
  • Organic oxide
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Organooxygen compound
  • Carbonyl group
  • Aldehyde
  • Aliphatic acyclic compound
Molecular FrameworkAliphatic acyclic compounds
External Descriptors
Physical Properties
StateNot Available
Experimental Properties
PropertyValueReference
Melting PointNot AvailableNot Available
Boiling PointNot AvailableNot Available
Water SolubilityNot AvailableNot Available
LogPNot AvailableNot Available
Predicted Properties
PropertyValueSource
logP3.77ALOGPS
logP3ChemAxon
logS-3.6ALOGPS
pKa (Strongest Acidic)5.02ChemAxon
pKa (Strongest Basic)-4.2ChemAxon
Physiological Charge-1ChemAxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count3ChemAxon
Hydrogen Donor Count1ChemAxon
Polar Surface Area54.37 ŲChemAxon
Rotatable Bond Count10ChemAxon
Refractivity60.51 m³·mol⁻¹ChemAxon
Polarizability25.05 ųChemAxon
Number of Rings0ChemAxon
BioavailabilityYesChemAxon
Rule of FiveYesChemAxon
Ghose FilterYesChemAxon
Veber's RuleNoChemAxon
MDDR-like RuleNoChemAxon
HMDB IDHMDB0037326
DrugBank IDNot Available
Phenol Explorer Compound IDNot Available
FoodDB IDFDB000515
KNApSAcK IDNot Available
Chemspider ID4472314
KEGG Compound IDC16309
BioCyc ID12-OXO-TRANS-10-DODECENOATE
BiGG IDNot Available
Wikipedia LinkTraumatin
METLIN IDNot Available
PubChem Compound5312889
PDB IDNot Available
ChEBI ID19144
Good Scents IDNot Available
References
General References
  1. Zimmerman DC, Coudron CA: Identification of Traumatin, a Wound Hormone, as 12-Oxo-trans-10-dodecenoic Acid. Plant Physiol. 1979 Mar;63(3):536-41. doi: 10.1104/pp.63.3.536. [PubMed:16660762 ]