CHEBI:156047 - Glu-Cys

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ChEBI Name Glu-Cys
ChEBI ID CHEBI:156047
Definition A dipeptide composed of L-glutamic acid and L-cysteine joined by a peptide linkage.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter Mark Williams
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Formula C8H14N2O5S
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 250.270
Monoisotopic Mass 250.06234
InChI InChI=1S/C8H14N2O5S/c9-4(1-2-6(11)12)7(13)10-5(3-16)8(14)15/h4-5,16H,1-3,9H2,(H,10,13)(H,11,12)(H,14,15)/t4-,5-/m0/s1
InChIKey PABVKUJVLNMOJP-WHFBIAKZSA-N
SMILES C(=O)([C@@H](N)CCC(=O)O)N[C@H](C(=O)O)CS
Metabolite of Species Details
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) Found in blood plasma (BTO_0000131). 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 )
Biological Role(s): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
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Outgoing Glu-Cys (CHEBI:156047) has functional parent L-cysteine (CHEBI:17561)
Glu-Cys (CHEBI:156047) has functional parent L-glutamic acid (CHEBI:16015)
Glu-Cys (CHEBI:156047) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
Glu-Cys (CHEBI:156047) is a dipeptide (CHEBI:46761)
IUPAC Name
L-α-glutamyl-L-cysteine
Synonyms Sources
α-Glu-Cys ChEBI
α-glutamylcysteine ChEBI
E-C ChEBI
EC ChEBI
glutamylcysteine HMDB
L-Glu-L-Cys SUBMITTER
L-glutamyl-L-cysteine ChEBI
N-(α-glutamyl)cysteine ChEBI
N-(L-α-glutamyl)-L-cysteine ChEBI
Manual Xref Database
HMDB0028816 HMDB
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03 July 2020