CHEBI:18257 - ornithine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:18257
ChEBI Nameornithine
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DefinitionAn α-amino acid that is pentanoic acid bearing two amino substituents at positions 2 and 5.
Secondary ChEBI IDCHEBI:7784
Last Modified25 January 2016
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FormulaC5H12N2O2
Net Charge0
Average Mass132.163
Monoisotopic Mass132.08988
SMILESNCCCC(N)C(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C5H12N2O2/c6-3-1-2-4(7)5(8)9/h4H,1-3,6-7H2,(H,8,9)
InChIKeyAHLPHDHHMVZTML-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
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)
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - PubMed (15449570)
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (ncbitaxon:3055) - PubMed (25515814)
Escherichia coli (ncbitaxon:562) - PubMed (21988831)
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:
algal metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.
human metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
Escherichia coli metabolite  Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
Daphnia magna metabolite  A Daphnia metabolite produced by the species Daphnia magna.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
ornithine (CHEBI:18257) has role Daphnia magna metabolite (CHEBI:83056)
ornithine (CHEBI:18257) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
ornithine (CHEBI:18257) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735)
ornithine (CHEBI:18257) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
ornithine (CHEBI:18257) is a non-proteinogenic α-amino acid (CHEBI:83925)
ornithine (CHEBI:18257) is conjugate acid of ornithinate (CHEBI:32964)
ornithine (CHEBI:18257) is conjugate base of ornithinium(1+) (CHEBI:46912)
Incoming Relation(s)
eflornithine (CHEBI:41948) has functional parent ornithine (CHEBI:18257)
ornithine derivative (CHEBI:25718) has functional parent ornithine (CHEBI:18257)
D-ornithine (CHEBI:16176) is a ornithine (CHEBI:18257)
L-ornithine (CHEBI:15729) is a ornithine (CHEBI:18257)
ornithinium(1+) (CHEBI:46912) is conjugate acid of ornithine (CHEBI:18257)
ornithinate (CHEBI:32964) is conjugate base of ornithine (CHEBI:18257)
N2-ornithino group (CHEBI:46930) is substituent group from ornithine (CHEBI:18257)
N5-ornithino group (CHEBI:46934) is substituent group from ornithine (CHEBI:18257)
ornithine residue (CHEBI:46928) is substituent group from ornithine (CHEBI:18257)
ornithyl group (CHEBI:46929) is substituent group from ornithine (CHEBI:18257)
IUPAC Names 
2,5-diaminopentanoic acid
ornithine
Synonyms  Source
OrnithineKEGG COMPOUND
2,5-Diaminovaleric acidKEGG COMPOUND
2,5-Diaminopentanoic acidKEGG COMPOUND
OrnIUPAC
DL-OrnithineChemIDplus
Manual XrefsDatabases
C01602KEGG COMPOUND
C00001384KNApSAcK
Registry NumbersSources
Gmelin:847696Gmelin
Reaxys:1722296Reaxys
CAS:616-07-9ChemIDplus
Citations