CHEBI:4886 - L-ethionine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:4886
ChEBI NameL-ethionine
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ASCII NameL-ethionine
DefinitionAn S-ethylhomocysteine that has S-configuration at the chiral centre.
Last Modified28 July 2014
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FormulaC6H13NO2S
Net Charge0
Average Mass163.242
Monoisotopic Mass163.06670
SMILESCCSCC[C@H](N)C(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C6H13NO2S/c1-2-10-4-3-5(7)6(8)9/h5H,2-4,7H2,1H3,(H,8,9)/t5-/m0/s1
InChIKeyGGLZPLKKBSSKCX-YFKPBYRVSA-N
Wikipedia
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:
antimetabolite  A substance which is structurally similar to a metabolite but which competes with it or replaces it, and so prevents or reduces its normal utilization.
carcinogenic agent  A role played by a chemical compound which is known to induce a process of carcinogenesis by corrupting normal cellular pathways, leading to the acquistion of tumoral capabilities.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
L-ethionine (CHEBI:4886) has role antimetabolite (CHEBI:35221)
L-ethionine (CHEBI:4886) has role carcinogenic agent (CHEBI:50903)
L-ethionine (CHEBI:4886) is a S-ethylhomocysteine (CHEBI:68662)
L-ethionine (CHEBI:4886) is enantiomer of D-ethionine (CHEBI:68663)
Incoming Relation(s)
DL-ethionine (CHEBI:68664) has part L-ethionine (CHEBI:4886)
D-ethionine (CHEBI:68663) is enantiomer of L-ethionine (CHEBI:4886)
IUPAC Name 
S-ethyl-L-homocysteine
Synonyms  Source
(2S)-2-amino-4-(ethylsulfanyl)butanoic acidIUPAC
(+)-S-ethyl-L-homocysteineChEBI
(+)-ethionineChEBI
EthionineKEGG COMPOUND
L-2-amino-4-(ethylthio)butanoic acidChEBI
L-2-amino-4-(ethylthio)butyric acidChemIDplus
Manual XrefsDatabases
C11227KEGG COMPOUND
ESCPDBeChem
EthionineWikipedia
ETHIONINEMetaCyc
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1722528Reaxys
CAS:13073-35-3KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:13073-35-3ChemIDplus
Citations