CHEBI:16958 - β-alanine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:16958
ChEBI Nameβ-alanine
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ASCII Namebeta-alanine
DefinitionA naturally-occurring β-amino acid comprising propionic acid with the amino group in the 3-position.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:10343, CHEBI:12389, CHEBI:22821, CHEBI:41050
Last Modified12 October 2017
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FormulaC3H7NO2
Net Charge0
Average Mass89.094
Monoisotopic Mass89.04768
SMILESNCCC(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C3H7NO2/c4-2-1-3(5)6/h1-2,4H2,(H,5,6)
InChIKeyUCMIRNVEIXFBKS-UHFFFAOYSA-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
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).
fundamental metabolite  Any metabolite produced by all living cells.
neurotransmitter  An endogenous compound that is used to transmit information across the synapse between a neuron and another cell.
agonist  Substance which binds to cell receptors normally responding to naturally occurring substances and which produces a response of its own.
inhibitor  A substance that diminishes the rate of a chemical reaction.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
β-alanine (CHEBI:16958) has role agonist (CHEBI:48705)
β-alanine (CHEBI:16958) has role fundamental metabolite (CHEBI:78675)
β-alanine (CHEBI:16958) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
β-alanine (CHEBI:16958) has role inhibitor (CHEBI:35222)
β-alanine (CHEBI:16958) has role neurotransmitter (CHEBI:25512)
β-alanine (CHEBI:16958) is a β-amino acid (CHEBI:33706)
β-alanine (CHEBI:16958) is conjugate acid of β-alaninate (CHEBI:63070)
β-alanine (CHEBI:16958) is tautomer of β-alanine zwitterion (CHEBI:57966)
Incoming Relation(s)
N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-β-alanine (CHEBI:141390) has functional parent β-alanine (CHEBI:16958)
N-[4-(1,3,3a,4,7,7a-hexahydro-2H-isoindol-2-ylcarbonyl)benzoyl]-β-alanine (CHEBI:71526) has functional parent β-alanine (CHEBI:16958)
N-methyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:138669) has functional parent β-alanine (CHEBI:16958)
β-alanine derivative (CHEBI:22823) has functional parent β-alanine (CHEBI:16958)
β-alanyl-CoA (CHEBI:15507) has functional parent β-alanine (CHEBI:16958)
β-alaninate (CHEBI:63070) is conjugate base of β-alanine (CHEBI:16958)
β-alanine zwitterion (CHEBI:57966) is tautomer of β-alanine (CHEBI:16958)
IUPAC Names 
β-alanine
3-aminopropanoic acid
Synonyms  Source
beta-AlanineKEGG COMPOUND
β-aminopropionic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
BETA-ALANINEPDBeChem
ω-aminopropionic acidChEBI
3-Aminopropionic acidKEGG COMPOUND
H-β-Ala-OHChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00099KEGG COMPOUND
BALPDBeChem
B-ALANINEMetaCyc
DB03107DrugBank
D07561KEGG DRUG
Beta-AlanineWikipedia
HMDB0000056HMDB
C00001333KNApSAcK
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:49614Gmelin
Reaxys:906793Reaxys
CAS:107-95-9KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:107-95-9ChemIDplus
CAS:107-95-9NIST Chemistry WebBook
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