CHEBI:17230 - homocysteine

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ChEBI Name homocysteine ChEBI ID CHEBI:17230 Definition A sulfur-containing amino acid consisting of a glycine core with a 2-mercaptoethyl side-chain. Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team. Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:5751, CHEBI:14408 Supplier Information Download Molfile XML SDF Find compounds which contain this structure Find compounds which resemble this structure Take structure to the Advanced Search Wikipedia License Read full article at Wikipedia Formula C4H9NO2S Net Charge 0 Average Mass 135.18580 Monoisotopic Mass 135.03540 InChI InChI=1S/C4H9NO2S/c5-3(1-2-8)4(6)7/h3,8H,1-2,5H2,(H,6,7) InChIKey FFFHZYDWPBMWHY-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILES NC(CCS)C(O)=O Metabolite of Species Details Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: PubMed Roles Classification Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid). (via organic amino compound ) Bronsted acid A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base). (via oxoacid ) Biological Role(s): fundamental metabolite Any metabolite produced by all living cells. View more via ChEBI Ontology ChEBI Ontology Outgoing homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) has role fundamental metabolite (CHEBI:78675) homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) is a homocysteines (CHEBI:24610) homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) is a non-proteinogenic α-amino acid (CHEBI:83925) homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) is a sulfur-containing amino acid (CHEBI:26834) homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) is conjugate acid of homocysteinate (CHEBI:66952) homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) is tautomer of homocysteine zwitterion (CHEBI:58065) Incoming homocysteic acid (CHEBI:90324) has functional parent homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) homocysteine derivative (CHEBI:136505) has functional parent homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) L-homocysteine (CHEBI:17588) is a homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) homocysteinate (CHEBI:66952) is conjugate base of homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) homocysteine zwitterion (CHEBI:58065) is tautomer of homocysteine (CHEBI:17230) IUPAC Names 2-amino-4-sulfanylbutanoic acid homocysteine Synonyms Sources 2-Amino-4-mercaptobutyric acid KEGG COMPOUND Hcy IUPAC Homocysteine KEGG COMPOUND Manual Xrefs Databases C05330 KEGG COMPOUND HMDB0000742 HMDB Homocysteine Wikipedia View more database links Citations Types Sources 11133260 PubMed citation Europe PMC 16596805 PubMed citation Europe PMC 18370634 PubMed citation Europe PMC Last Modified 08 March 2017