CHEBI:22918 - branched-chain amino acid

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ChEBI Name branched-chain amino acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:22918
Definition Any amino acid in which the parent hydrocarbon chain has one or more alkyl substituents
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid).
(via organic amino compound )
Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing branched-chain amino acid (CHEBI:22918) is a amino acid (CHEBI:33709)
branched-chain amino acid (CHEBI:22918) is conjugate acid of branched-chain amino-acid anion (CHEBI:63471)
Incoming 2-amino-2-methylbutanoic acid (CHEBI:28075) is a branched-chain amino acid (CHEBI:22918)
2-amino-3-methylpentanoic acid (CHEBI:38264) is a branched-chain amino acid (CHEBI:22918)
leucine (CHEBI:25017) is a branched-chain amino acid (CHEBI:22918)
valine (CHEBI:27266) is a branched-chain amino acid (CHEBI:22918)
branched-chain amino-acid anion (CHEBI:63471) is conjugate base of branched-chain amino acid (CHEBI:22918)
Synonym Source
branched chain amino acids ChEBI
Last Modified
22 April 2015