CHEBI:15611 - sarcosine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:15611
ChEBI Namesarcosine
Stars
DefinitionA N-alkylglycine that is the N-methyl derivative of glycine. It is an intermediate in the metabolic pathway of glycine.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:9029, CHEBI:10876, CHEBI:12609, CHEBI:15065, CHEBI:21765, CHEBI:45381, CHEBI:45442, CHEBI:45531, CHEBI:45614
Last Modified27 January 2016
SubmitterMarcus Ennis
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FormulaC3H7NO2
Net Charge0
Average Mass89.094
Monoisotopic Mass89.04768
SMILESCNCC(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C3H7NO2/c1-4-2-3(5)6/h4H,2H2,1H3,(H,5,6)
InChIKeyFSYKKLYZXJSNPZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Escherichia coli (ncbitaxon:562) - PubMed (21988831)
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - DOI (10.1038/nbt.2488)
Mus musculus (ncbitaxon:10090) - PubMed (19425150) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067
Roles Classification
Chemical Roles:
Bronsted base  A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Brønsted acid).
Bronsted acid  A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Roles:
glycine transporter 1 inhibitor  Any glycine transporter inhibitor that interferes with the action of glycine 1 transporters.
Escherichia coli metabolite  Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
human metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
mouse metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
glycine receptor agonist  An agonist that binds to and activates glycine receptors
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) has role glycine receptor agonist (CHEBI:64589)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) has role glycine transporter 1 inhibitor (CHEBI:64588)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) is a N-alkylglycine (CHEBI:66933)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) is a N-methyl-amino acid (CHEBI:21760)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) is a N-methylglycines (CHEBI:21766)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) is conjugate acid of sarcosinate (CHEBI:46915)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) is conjugate base of sarcosinium (CHEBI:46842)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) is tautomer of sarcosine zwitterion (CHEBI:57433)
Incoming Relation(s)
N-nitrososarcosine (CHEBI:82363) has functional parent sarcosine (CHEBI:15611)
sarcosinium (CHEBI:46842) is conjugate acid of sarcosine (CHEBI:15611)
sarcosinate (CHEBI:46915) is conjugate base of sarcosine (CHEBI:15611)
sarcosine zwitterion (CHEBI:57433) is tautomer of sarcosine (CHEBI:15611)
IUPAC Name 
sarcosine
Synonyms  Source
N-methylaminoacetic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
L-sarcosineChEBI
MeGlyChEBI
(methylamino)acetic acidChemIDplus
methylaminoacetic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
(methylamino)ethanoic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00213KEGG COMPOUND
c0135UM-BBD
HMDB0000271HMDB
SARPDBeChem
SarcosineWikipedia
SARCOSINEMetaCyc
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1699442Reaxys
Gmelin:2018Gmelin
CAS:107-97-1NIST Chemistry WebBook
CAS:107-97-1KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:107-97-1ChemIDplus
Citations