carnosine (CHEBI:15727)

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ChEBI Name	carnosine

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:15727

Definition	A dipeptide that is the N-(β-alanyl) derivative of L-histidine.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:3428, CHEBI:13948, CHEBI:23040

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Formula

C9H14N4O3

Net Charge

Average Mass

226.23262

Monoisotopic Mass

226.107

InChI

InChI=1S/C9H14N4O3/c10-2-1-8(14)13-7(9(15)16)3-6-4-11-5-12-6/h4-5,7H,1-3,10H2,(H,11,12)(H,13,14)(H,15,16)/t7-/m0/s1

InChIKey

CQOVPNPJLQNMDC-ZETCQYMHSA-N

SMILES

NCCC(=O)N[C@@H](Cc1c[nH]cn1)C(O)=O

Metabolite of Species	Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090)	Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Daphnia magna (NCBI:txid35525)	See: Mixtures of similarly acting compounds in Daphnia magna: From gene to metabolite and beyondTine Vandenbrouck, Oliver A.H. Jones, Nathalie Dom, Julian L. Griffin, Wim De CoenEnvironment International 36 (2010) 254-268
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606)	See: DOI

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	antioxidant A substance that opposes oxidation or inhibits reactions brought about by dioxygen or peroxides. Bronsted base A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid). (via organic amino compound )

Biological Role(s):	mouse metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus). human metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens). Daphnia magna metabolite A Daphnia metabolite produced by the species Daphnia magna.

Application(s):	anticonvulsant A drug used to prevent seizures or reduce their severity. antineoplastic agent A substance that inhibits or prevents the proliferation of neoplasms.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	carnosine (CHEBI:15727) has role Daphnia magna metabolite (CHEBI:83056) carnosine (CHEBI:15727) has role anticonvulsant (CHEBI:35623) carnosine (CHEBI:15727) has role antineoplastic agent (CHEBI:35610) carnosine (CHEBI:15727) has role antioxidant (CHEBI:22586) carnosine (CHEBI:15727) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746) carnosine (CHEBI:15727) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771) carnosine (CHEBI:15727) is a dipeptide (CHEBI:46761) carnosine (CHEBI:15727) is conjugate acid of carnosinate (CHEBI:66874) carnosine (CHEBI:15727) is tautomer of carnosine zwitterion (CHEBI:57485)

Incoming	N-acetylcarnosine (CHEBI:67249) has functional parent carnosine (CHEBI:15727) carnosinate (CHEBI:66874) is conjugate base of carnosine (CHEBI:15727) carnosine zwitterion (CHEBI:57485) is tautomer of carnosine (CHEBI:15727)

IUPAC Name

N^α-(β-alanyl)-L-histidine

Synonyms	Sources
Carnosine	KEGG COMPOUND
Nalpha-(beta-alanyl)-L-histidine	KEGG COMPOUND

Last Modified

27 January 2016