CHEBI:1941 - 4-(trimethylammonio)butanoic acid

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ChEBI Name 4-(trimethylammonio)butanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:1941
Definition A quaternary ammonium ion that is the conjugate acid of 4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate.
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Formula C7H16NO2
Net Charge +1
Average Mass 146.20748
Monoisotopic Mass 146.11756
InChI InChI=1S/C7H15NO2/c1-8(2,3)6-4-5-7(9)10/h4-6H2,1-3H3/p+1
InChIKey JHPNVNIEXXLNTR-UHFFFAOYSA-O
SMILES C[N+](C)(C)CCCC(O)=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): Escherichia coli metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
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Outgoing 4-(trimethylammonio)butanoic acid (CHEBI:1941) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
4-(trimethylammonio)butanoic acid (CHEBI:1941) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
4-(trimethylammonio)butanoic acid (CHEBI:1941) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
4-(trimethylammonio)butanoic acid (CHEBI:1941) is a quaternary ammonium ion (CHEBI:35267)
4-(trimethylammonio)butanoic acid (CHEBI:1941) is conjugate acid of 4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate (CHEBI:16244)
Incoming γ-butyrobetainyl-CoA (CHEBI:61517) has functional parent 4-(trimethylammonio)butanoic acid (CHEBI:1941)
carpronium (CHEBI:145653) has functional parent 4-(trimethylammonio)butanoic acid (CHEBI:1941)
4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate (CHEBI:16244) is conjugate base of 4-(trimethylammonio)butanoic acid (CHEBI:1941)
IUPAC Name
3-carboxy-N,N,N-trimethylpropan-1-aminium
Synonyms Sources
4-Trimethylammoniobutanoate KEGG COMPOUND
Butyrobetaine HMDB
gamma-Butyrobetaine HMDB
γ-butyrobetaine ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
C01181 KEGG COMPOUND
HMDB0001161 HMDB
NM2 PDBeChem
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Registry Number Type Source
1765273 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
Last Modified
09 December 2019