CHEBI:21717 - N-formylglycine

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ChEBI Name N-formylglycine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:21717
ChEBI ASCII Name N-formylglycine
Definition An N-acylglycine resulting from the formal condensation of the amino group of glycine with formic acid.
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Formula C3H5NO3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 103.077
Monoisotopic Mass 103.02694
InChI InChI=1S/C3H5NO3/c5-2-4-1-3(6)7/h2H,1H2,(H,4,5)(H,6,7)
InChIKey UGJBHEZMOKVTIM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES OC(=O)CNC(=O)[H]
Metabolite of Species Details
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: MetaboLights Study
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing N-formylglycine (CHEBI:21717) is a N-acylglycine (CHEBI:16180)
N-formylglycine (CHEBI:21717) is a N-formyl amino acid (CHEBI:50759)
IUPAC Name
N-formylglycine
Synonyms Sources
2-formamidoacetic acid ChEBI
FGly
Note: (2016-06-14) Ambiguous.
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For-Gly-OH ChEBI
formamidoacetic acid IUPAC
Formyl-Gly-OH ChEBI
formylaminoacetic acid ChEBI
formylglycine
Note: (2016-06-14) Ambiguous. In most chemical sources "formylglycine" is used as a synonym for N-formylglycine. However, the active site of sulfatase enzymes, Cα-formylglycine, may also be referred to as formylglycine.
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1749108 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
2491-15-8 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
6040373 PubMed citation Europe PMC
9793840 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
27 July 2016