CHEBI:17230 - homocysteine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:17230
ChEBI Namehomocysteine
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DefinitionA sulfur-containing amino acid consisting of a glycine core with a 2-mercaptoethyl side-chain.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:5751, CHEBI:14408
Last Modified8 March 2017
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FormulaC4H9NO2S
Net Charge0
Average Mass135.188
Monoisotopic Mass135.03540
SMILESNC(CCS)C(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C4H9NO2S/c5-3(1-2-8)4(6)7/h3,8H,1-2,5H2,(H,6,7)
InChIKeyFFFHZYDWPBMWHY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - PubMed (17024318)
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)
homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) has role fundamental metabolite (CHEBI:78675)
homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) is a homocysteines (CHEBI:24610)
homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) is a non-proteinogenic α-amino acid (CHEBI:83925)
homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) is a sulfur-containing amino acid (CHEBI:26834)
homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) is conjugate acid of homocysteinate (CHEBI:66952)
homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) is tautomer of homocysteine zwitterion (CHEBI:58065)
Incoming Relation(s)
homocysteic acid (CHEBI:90324) has functional parent homocysteine (CHEBI:17230)
homocysteine derivative (CHEBI:136505) has functional parent homocysteine (CHEBI:17230)
L-homocysteine (CHEBI:17588) is a homocysteine (CHEBI:17230)
homocysteinate (CHEBI:66952) is conjugate base of homocysteine (CHEBI:17230)
homocysteine zwitterion (CHEBI:58065) is tautomer of homocysteine (CHEBI:17230)
IUPAC Names 
2-amino-4-sulfanylbutanoic acid
homocysteine
Synonyms  Source
HomocysteineKEGG COMPOUND
2-Amino-4-mercaptobutyric acidKEGG COMPOUND
HcyIUPAC
Manual XrefsDatabases
C05330KEGG COMPOUND
HomocysteineWikipedia
HMDB0000742HMDB
Citations