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CHEBI:15971 - L-histidine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:15971
ChEBI NameL-histidine
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ASCII NameL-histidine
DefinitionThe L-enantiomer of the amino acid histidine.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:6240, CHEBI:13117, CHEBI:21324, CHEBI:43048, CHEBI:43114, CHEBI:43190, CHEBI:43239
Last Modified12 May 2025
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FormulaC6H9N3O2
Net Charge0
Average Mass155.157
Monoisotopic Mass155.06948
SMILESN[C@@H](Cc1cncn1)C(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C6H9N3O2/c7-5(6(10)11)1-4-2-8-3-9-4/h2-3,5H,1,7H2,(H,8,9)(H,10,11)/t5-/m0/s1
InChIKeyHNDVDQJCIGZPNO-YFKPBYRVSA-N

Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - DOI (10.1038/nbt.2488)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ncbitaxon:4932)
- PubMed (8852895)
- PubMed (24678285) Source: yeast.sf.net
Escherichia coli (ncbitaxon:562)
- PubMed (8852895)
- PubMed (21988831)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (ncbitaxon:3055) - PubMed (25515814)
Mus musculus (ncbitaxon:10090) - PubMed (19425150) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067
Roles Classification

ChEBI Ontology
IUPAC Names 
L-histidine
(2S)-2-amino-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoic acid
Synonyms  Source
L-HistidineKEGG COMPOUND
(S)-alpha-Amino-1H-imidazole-4-propionic acidKEGG COMPOUND
HISTIDINEPDBeChem
(S)-α-amino-1H-Imidazole-4-propanoic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
L-HistidinChEBI
L-(−)-histidineNIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00135KEGG COMPOUND
HISPDBeChem
D00032KEGG DRUG
DB00117DrugBank
HMDB0000177HMDB
HISMetaCyc
L-histidineWikipedia
YMDB00369YMDB
ECMDB00177ECMDB
C00001363KNApSAcK
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:83042Gmelin
Reaxys:84088Reaxys
CAS:71-00-1KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:71-00-1ChemIDplus
CAS:71-00-1NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations