Pyrabactin
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| Names | |
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| IUPAC name
4-Bromo-N-(2-pyridinylmethyl)-1-naphthalenesulfonamide | |
| Other names
4-Bromo-N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)naphthalene-1-sulfonamide | |
| Identifiers | |
| 419538-69-5 | |
| 3D model (Jmol) | Interactive image |
| ChemSpider | 958087 |
| ECHA InfoCard | 100.212.933 |
| PubChem | 1125790 |
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| Properties | |
| C16H13BrN2O2S | |
| Molar mass | 377.26 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | White to off-white powder[1] |
| Solubility in DMSO | >10 mg/mL[1] |
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
| Infobox references | |
Pyrabactin is a synthetic sulfonamide that mimics abscisic acid (ABA), a naturally produced stress hormone in plants that helps them cope with drought conditions by inhibiting growth. ABA can be manufactured for agricultural use; however, ABA is light-sensitive and costly to make. Pyrabactin is relatively inexpensive, easy to make, and not sensitive to light. Unlike ABA, pyrabactin activates only a few of the 14 ABA receptors in the plant needed for effective drought tolerance.[2] Its role as an ABA mimic may make pyrabactin an important tool for protecting crops against drought and cold weather.[3][4]
The discovery of pyrabactin by Sean Cutler was named a breakthrough research of 2009 by Science magazine.[5]
Pyrabactin (for pyridyl containing ABA activator) is a naphthalene sulfonamide hypocotyl cell expansion inhibitor. A combination of genetic, transcriptomic and physiological evidence demonstrated that pyrabactin activates the ABA pathway in a manner very similar to ABA. As such, pyrabactin is the first ABA agonist that is not an ABA analog and may ultimately lead to the development of a new family of synthetic plant growth regulators.