CHEBI:176455 - 4-methylglutamic acid

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ChEBI Name 4-methylglutamic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:176455
Definition A glutamic acid derivative that is glutamic acid substituted by a methyl group at position 4.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter MetaboLights
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Formula C6H11NO4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 161.157
Monoisotopic Mass 161.06881
InChI InChI=1S/C6H11NO4/c1-3(5(8)9)2-4(7)6(10)11/h3-4H,2,7H2,1H3,(H,8,9)(H,10,11)
InChIKey KRKRAOXTGDJWNI-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CC(CC(N)C(O)=O)C(O)=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) Found in urine (BTO:0001419). See: MetaboLights Study
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 )
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing 4-methylglutamic acid (CHEBI:176455) is a amino dicarboxylic acid (CHEBI:36164)
4-methylglutamic acid (CHEBI:176455) is a glutamic acid derivative (CHEBI:24315)
Incoming 4-methyl-L-glutamic acid (CHEBI:20440) is a 4-methylglutamic acid (CHEBI:176455)
IUPAC Name
4-methylglutamic acid
Synonyms Sources
2-amino-4-methyl-pentanedioic acid ChEBI
2-amino-4-methylglutaric acid ChEBI
2-amino-4-methylpentanedioic acid IUPAC
γ-methylglutamic acid ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
5172 ChemSpider
HMDB0341425 HMDB
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Registry Number Type Source
14561-55-8 CAS Registry Number ChEBI
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Last Modified
03 November 2023