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CHEBI:16828 - L-tryptophan

ChEBI IDCHEBI:16828
ChEBI NameL-tryptophan
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ASCII NameL-tryptophan
DefinitionThe L-enantiomer of tryptophan.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:6310, CHEBI:13178, CHEBI:21407, CHEBI:45988, CHEBI:46086, CHEBI:46125, CHEBI:46225, CHEBI:184633
Last Modified17 June 2025
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FormulaC11H12N2O2
Net Charge0
Average Mass204.229
Monoisotopic Mass204.08988
SMILESN[C@@H](Cc1cnc2ccccc12)C(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C11H12N2O2/c12-9(11(14)15)5-7-6-13-10-4-2-1-3-8(7)10/h1-4,6,9,13H,5,12H2,(H,14,15)/t9-/m0/s1
InChIKeyQIVBCDIJIAJPQS-VIFPVBQESA-N

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

ChEBI Ontology
IUPAC Name 
L-tryptophan
INN  Source
tryptophanKEGG DRUG
Synonyms  Source
L-TryptophanKEGG COMPOUND
L-tryptophanChEBI
TrpChEBI
WChEBI
(2S)-2-amino-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acidIUPAC
TRYPTOPHANPDBeChem
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00078KEGG COMPOUND
TRPPDBeChem
D00020KEGG DRUG
DB00150DrugBank
HMDB0000929HMDB
TRPMetaCyc
TryptophanWikipedia
YMDB00126YMDB
ECMDB00929ECMDB
C00001396KNApSAcK
2780DrugCentral
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:51434Gmelin
Reaxys:86197Reaxys
CAS:73-22-3KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:73-22-3ChemIDplus
CAS:73-22-3NIST Chemistry WebBook
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