Indole-3-acetaldehyde belongs to the class of
organic compound
In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. The ...
s known as
indoles. These are compounds containing an indole moiety, which consists of
pyrrole
Pyrrole is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound, a five-membered ring with the formula C4 H4 NH. It is a colorless volatile liquid that darkens readily upon exposure to air. Substituted derivatives are also called pyrroles, e.g., ''N''-meth ...
ring fused to
benzene
Benzene is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C6H6. The benzene molecule is composed of six carbon atoms joined in a planar ring with one hydrogen atom attached to each. Because it contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms, ...
to form
2,3-benzopyrrole.
Indole-3-acetaldehyde is a substrate for retina-specific
copper amine oxidase,
aldehyde dehydrogenase X (
mitochondria
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l),
amine oxidase B, amiloride-sensitive amine oxidase,
aldehyde dehydrogenase (mitochondrial),
fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase
Fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase (or Long-chain-aldehyde dehydrogenase) is an aldehyde dehydrogenase enzyme that in human is encoded in the ALDH3A2 gene on chromosome 17.
Aldehyde dehydrogenase enzymes function to remove toxic aldehydes that are gene ...
,
4-trimethylaminobutyraldehyde dehydrogenase,
aldehyde dehydrogenase (dimeric NADP-preferring),
aldehyde dehydrogenase family 7 member A1, amine oxidase A,
aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A3 and membrane copper amine oxidase.
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Indoleacetaldehyde (HMDB01190)
Auxins
Indoles
Aldehydes