CHEBI:85908 - 2-methyl-L-tryptophan zwitterion

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ChEBI Name 2-methyl-L-tryptophan zwitterion
ChEBI ID CHEBI:85908
ChEBI ASCII Name 2-methyl-L-tryptophan zwitterion
Definition An amino acid zwitterion arising from transfer of a proton from the carboxy to the amino group of 2-methyl-L-tryptophan; major species at pH 7.3.
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Submitter Kristian Axelsen
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Formula C12H14N2O2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 218.25180
Monoisotopic Mass 218.10553
InChI InChI=1S/C12H14N2O2/c1-7-9(6-10(13)12(15)16)8-4-2-3-5-11(8)14-7/h2-5,10,14H,6,13H2,1H3,(H,15,16)/t10-/m0/s1
InChIKey BXJSOEWOQDVGJW-JTQLQIEISA-N
SMILES Cc1[nH]c2ccccc2c1C[C@H]([NH3+])C([O-])=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Streptomyces laurentii (NCBI:txid39478) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): bacterial metabolite
Any prokaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in bacteria.
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Outgoing 2-methyl-L-tryptophan zwitterion (CHEBI:85908) has role bacterial metabolite (CHEBI:76969)
2-methyl-L-tryptophan zwitterion (CHEBI:85908) is a amino acid zwitterion (CHEBI:35238)
2-methyl-L-tryptophan zwitterion (CHEBI:85908) is tautomer of 2-methyl-L-tryptophan (CHEBI:86128)
Incoming 2-methyl-L-tryptophan (CHEBI:86128) is tautomer of 2-methyl-L-tryptophan zwitterion (CHEBI:85908)
IUPAC Name
(2S)-2-azaniumyl-3-(2-methyl-1H-indol-3-yl)propanoate
Synonyms Sources
2-methyl-L-tryptophan UniProt
2-methyltryptophan zwitterion ChEBI
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CPD-392 MetaCyc
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Last Modified
22 June 2015