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CHEBI:38263 - 2-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid

ChEBI IDCHEBI:38263
ChEBI Name2-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid
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DefinitionAn α-amino acid that is butanoic acid substituted by an amino group at position 2 and a hydroxy group at position 3.
Last Modified26 March 2015
SubmitterKirill Degtyarenko
DownloadsMolfile
FormulaC4H9NO3
Net Charge0
Average Mass119.120
Monoisotopic Mass119.05824
SMILESCC(O)C(N)C(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C4H9NO3/c1-2(6)3(5)4(7)8/h2-3,6H,5H2,1H3,(H,7,8)
InChIKeyAYFVYJQAPQTCCC-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).
Biological Role:
plant metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
2-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid (CHEBI:38263) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
2-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid (CHEBI:38263) is a α-amino acid (CHEBI:33704)
Incoming Relation(s)
allothreonine (CHEBI:38262) is a 2-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid (CHEBI:38263)
threonine (CHEBI:26986) is a 2-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid (CHEBI:38263)
IUPAC Name 
2-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid
Registry NumbersSources
Beilstein:1098902Beilstein