cadaverine (CHEBI:18127)

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ChEBI Name	cadaverine

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:18127

Definition	An alkane-α,ω-diamine comprising a straight-chain pentane core with amino substitutents at positions 1 and 5. A colourless syrupy liquid diamine with a distinctive unpleasant odour, it is a homologue of putresceine and is formed by the bacterial decarboxylation of lysine that occurs during protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. It is also found in plants such as soyabean.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:44370, CHEBI:3288, CHEBI:13928, CHEBI:22974

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Formula

C5H14N2

Net Charge

Average Mass

102.17810

Monoisotopic Mass

102.11570

InChI

InChI=1S/C5H14N2/c6-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-7H2

InChIKey

VHRGRCVQAFMJIZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

NCCCCCN

Metabolite of Species	Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090)	Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Daphnia magna (NCBI:txid35525)	See: PubMed
Glycine max (NCBI:txid3847)	See: PubMed
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562)	See: PubMed

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	Bronsted base A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid). (via organic amino compound )

Biological Role(s):	Escherichia coli metabolite Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli. plant metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms. mouse metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus). Daphnia magna metabolite A Daphnia metabolite produced by the species Daphnia magna.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	cadaverine (CHEBI:18127) has role Daphnia magna metabolite (CHEBI:83056) cadaverine (CHEBI:18127) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971) cadaverine (CHEBI:18127) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771) cadaverine (CHEBI:18127) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924) cadaverine (CHEBI:18127) is a alkane-α,ω-diamine (CHEBI:35411) cadaverine (CHEBI:18127) is conjugate base of cadaverine(2+) (CHEBI:58384)

Incoming	N-acetylcadaverine (CHEBI:88824) has functional parent cadaverine (CHEBI:18127) N-substituted cadaverine (CHEBI:50442) has functional parent cadaverine (CHEBI:18127) monodansylcadaverine (CHEBI:52007) has functional parent cadaverine (CHEBI:18127) pentamethonium (CHEBI:166825) has functional parent cadaverine (CHEBI:18127) cadaverine(2+) (CHEBI:58384) is conjugate acid of cadaverine (CHEBI:18127)

IUPAC Name

pentane-1,5-diamine

Last Modified

06 July 2021