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CHEBI:17485 - homocystine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:17485
ChEBI Namehomocystine
Stars
DefinitionAn organic disulfide obtained by oxidative dimerisation of homocysteine.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:5752, CHEBI:14409, CHEBI:24611
Last Modified20 August 2018
DownloadsMolfile
FormulaC8H16N2O4S2
Net Charge0
Average Mass268.360
Monoisotopic Mass268.05515
SMILESNC(CCSSCCC(N)C(=O)O)C(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C8H16N2O4S2/c9-5(7(11)12)1-3-15-16-4-2-6(10)8(13)14/h5-6H,1-4,9-10H2,(H,11,12)(H,13,14)
InChIKeyZTVZLYBCZNMWCF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - PubMed (11592966)
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:
human metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
homocystine (CHEBI:17485) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
homocystine (CHEBI:17485) is a homocystines (CHEBI:24612)
homocystine (CHEBI:17485) is tautomer of homocystine zwitterion (CHEBI:58163)
Incoming Relation(s)
L,L-homocystine (CHEBI:141698) is a homocystine (CHEBI:17485)
homocystine zwitterion (CHEBI:58163) is tautomer of homocystine (CHEBI:17485)
IUPAC Name 
4,4'-disulfanediylbis(2-aminobutanoic acid)
Synonyms  Source
HomocystineKEGG COMPOUND
4,4'-Dithiobis(2-aminobutyric acid)KEGG COMPOUND
4,4'-dithiobis(2-aminobutyric acid)ChEBI
Manual XrefsDatabases
C01817KEGG COMPOUND
HMDB0000575HMDB
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1728581Reaxys
CAS:462-10-2KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:462-10-2ChemIDplus
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