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CHEBI:27971 - 2-aminoisobutyric acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:27971
ChEBI Name2-aminoisobutyric acid
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DefinitionA rare, non-protein amino acid and end-product of pyrimidine metabolism, excreted in urine and found in some antibiotics of fungal origin. With the exception of a few bacteria, it is non-metabolisable, and therefore used in bioassays.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:993, CHEBI:19446
Last Modified23 October 2015
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FormulaC4H9NO2
Net Charge0
Average Mass103.121
Monoisotopic Mass103.06333
SMILESCC(C)(N)C(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C4H9NO2/c1-4(2,5)3(6)7/h5H2,1-2H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKeyFUOOLUPWFVMBKG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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).
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
2-aminoisobutyric acid (CHEBI:27971) has functional parent isobutyric acid (CHEBI:16135)
2-aminoisobutyric acid (CHEBI:27971) has functional parent propionic acid (CHEBI:30768)
2-aminoisobutyric acid (CHEBI:27971) is a 2,2-dialkylglycine (CHEBI:16228)
2-aminoisobutyric acid (CHEBI:27971) is tautomer of 2-aminoisobutanoic acid zwitterion (CHEBI:193090)
Incoming Relation(s)
2-aminoisobutyric acid residue (CHEBI:40599) is substituent group from 2-aminoisobutyric acid (CHEBI:27971)
2-aminoisobutanoic acid zwitterion (CHEBI:193090) is tautomer of 2-aminoisobutyric acid (CHEBI:27971)
IUPAC Names 
2-amino-2-methylpropanoic acid
2-methylalanine
Synonyms  Source
2-Amino-2-methylpropanoateKEGG COMPOUND
2-Aminoisobutyric acidKEGG COMPOUND
α-aminoisobutanoic acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
AIBChemIDplus
2-amino-2-methylpropionic acidChemIDplus
α-aminoisobutyric acidNIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual XrefsDatabases
C03665KEGG COMPOUND
DB02952DrugBank
AIBPDBeChem
Registry NumbersSources
Beilstein:506496Beilstein
Gmelin:217765Gmelin
CAS:62-57-7KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:62-57-7ChemIDplus
CAS:62-57-7NIST Chemistry WebBook
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