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:
human metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
glycine receptor agonist  An agonist that binds to and activates glycine receptors
Escherichia coli metabolite  Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
glycine transporter 1 inhibitor  Any glycine transporter inhibitor that interferes with the action of glycine 1 transporters.
mouse metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
Applications:
antidepressant  Antidepressants are mood-stimulating drugs used primarily in the treatment of affective disorders and related conditions.
antipsychotic agent  Antipsychotic drugs are agents that control agitated psychotic behaviour, alleviate acute psychotic states, reduce psychotic symptoms, and exert a quieting effect.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) has role antidepressant (CHEBI:35469)
sarcosine (CHEBI:15611) has role antipsychotic agent (CHEBI:35476)
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-acetic acidChEMBL
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00213KEGG COMPOUND
c0135UM-BBD
HMDB0000271HMDB
SARPDBeChem
SarcosineWikipedia
SARCOSINEMetaCyc
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1699442Reaxys
Gmelin:2018Gmelin
CAS:107-97-1KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:107-97-1ChemIDplus
CAS:107-97-1NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations