CHEBI:35621 - α-aminobutyric acid

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ChEBI Name α-aminobutyric acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:35621
ChEBI ASCII Name alpha-aminobutyric acid
Definition An α-amino acid that is butyric acid bearing a single amino substituent located at position 2.
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Formula C4H9NO2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 103.11980
Monoisotopic Mass 103.06333
InChI InChI=1S/C4H9NO2/c1-2-3(5)4(6)7/h3H,2,5H2,1H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKey QWCKQJZIFLGMSD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CCC(N)C(O)=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid).
(via organic amino compound )
Biological Role(s): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
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Outgoing α-aminobutyric acid (CHEBI:35621) has functional parent butyric acid (CHEBI:30772)
α-aminobutyric acid (CHEBI:35621) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
α-aminobutyric acid (CHEBI:35621) is a monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:25384)
α-aminobutyric acid (CHEBI:35621) is a non-proteinogenic α-amino acid (CHEBI:83925)
α-aminobutyric acid (CHEBI:35621) is conjugate acid of α-aminobutyrate (CHEBI:86508)
Incoming D-α-aminobutyric acid (CHEBI:28797) is a α-aminobutyric acid (CHEBI:35621)
L-α-aminobutyric acid (CHEBI:35619) is a α-aminobutyric acid (CHEBI:35621)
α-aminobutyrate (CHEBI:86508) is conjugate base of α-aminobutyric acid (CHEBI:35621)
IUPAC Name
2-aminobutanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
2-amino-n-butyric acid NIST Chemistry WebBook
2-aminobutyric acid ChemIDplus
AABA NIST Chemistry WebBook
Abu ChEBI
α-amino-n-butyric acid NIST Chemistry WebBook
α-aminobutyric acid NIST Chemistry WebBook
butyrine ChemIDplus
homoalanine ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
Alpha-Aminobutyric_acid Wikipedia
CPD-3686 MetaCyc
DB04454 DrugBank
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
217679 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
2835-81-6 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
2835-81-6 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
635889 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
635889 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
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Last Modified
16 July 2015