alanine (CHEBI:16449)

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CHEBI:16449 - alanine

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:16449
ChEBI Name	alanine
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Definition	An α-amino acid that consists of propionic acid bearing an amino substituent at position 2.
Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:2539, CHEBI:13748, CHEBI:22277
Last Modified	8 August 2024
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Formula	C3H7NO2
Net Charge	0
Average Mass	89.094
Monoisotopic Mass	89.04768
SMILES	CC(N)C(=O)O
InChI	InChI=1S/C3H7NO2/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2H,4H2,1H3,(H,5,6)
InChIKey	QNAYBMKLOCPYGJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Wikipedia

Species of Metabolite	Component	Source	Comments
Daphnia magna (ncbitaxon:35525)	-	Article (Mixtures of similarly acting compounds in Daphnia magna: From gene to metabolite and beyondTine Vandenbrouck, Oliver A.H. Jones, Nathalie Dom, Julian L. Griffin, Wim De CoenEnvironment International 36 (2010) 254-268)

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 Role:	fundamental metabolite Any metabolite produced by all living cells.

ChEBI Ontology

Outgoing Relation(s)
	alanine (CHEBI:16449) has functional parent propionic acid (CHEBI:30768)
	alanine (CHEBI:16449) has role fundamental metabolite (CHEBI:78675)
	alanine (CHEBI:16449) is a α-amino acid (CHEBI:33704)
	alanine (CHEBI:16449) is conjugate acid of alaninate (CHEBI:32439)
	alanine (CHEBI:16449) is conjugate base of alaninium (CHEBI:32440)
	alanine (CHEBI:16449) is tautomer of alanine zwitterion (CHEBI:66916)
Incoming Relation(s)
	alanine derivative (CHEBI:22278) has functional parent alanine (CHEBI:16449)
	alanylalanine (CHEBI:140570) has functional parent alanine (CHEBI:16449)
	D-alanine (CHEBI:15570) is a alanine (CHEBI:16449)
	L-alanine (CHEBI:16977) is a alanine (CHEBI:16449)
	L-alanine-2,3,3,3-d₄ (CHEBI:76050) is a alanine (CHEBI:16449)
	alanine-2,3,3,3-d₄ (CHEBI:143534) is a alanine (CHEBI:16449)
	alanine-d₇ (CHEBI:132498) is a alanine (CHEBI:16449)
	alaninium (CHEBI:32440) is conjugate acid of alanine (CHEBI:16449)
	alaninate (CHEBI:32439) is conjugate base of alanine (CHEBI:16449)
	alanine residue (CHEBI:32441) is substituent group from alanine (CHEBI:16449)
	alanino group (CHEBI:22279) is substituent group from alanine (CHEBI:16449)
	alanyl group (CHEBI:22280) is substituent group from alanine (CHEBI:16449)
	alanine zwitterion (CHEBI:66916) is tautomer of alanine (CHEBI:16449)

IUPAC Names
2-aminopropanoic acid
alanine

Citations