3-mercaptopropanoic acid (CHEBI:44111)

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ChEBI Name	3-mercaptopropanoic acid

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:44111

Definition	A mercaptopropanoic acid that is propanoic acid carrying a sulfanyl group at position 3.

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

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Formula

C3H6O2S

Net Charge

Average Mass

106.14454

Monoisotopic Mass

106.00885

InChI

InChI=1S/C3H6O2S/c4-3(5)1-2-6/h6H,1-2H2,(H,4,5)

InChIKey

DKIDEFUBRARXTE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

OC(=O)CCS

Metabolite of Species	Details
Thalassiosira pseudonana CCMP1335 (NCBI:txid296543)	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 )

Biological Role(s):	algal metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	3-mercaptopropanoic acid (CHEBI:44111) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735) 3-mercaptopropanoic acid (CHEBI:44111) is a mercaptopropanoic acid (CHEBI:47871) 3-mercaptopropanoic acid (CHEBI:44111) is conjugate acid of 3-mercaptopropionate (CHEBI:86386)

Incoming	3-mercaptopropionate (CHEBI:86386) is conjugate base of 3-mercaptopropanoic acid (CHEBI:44111)

IUPAC Name

3-sulfanylpropanoic acid

Synonyms	Sources
2-mercaptoethanecarboxylic acid	ChemIDplus
3-mercaptopropanoic acid	NIST Chemistry WebBook
3-mercaptopropionic acid	ChemIDplus
3-thiohydracrylic acid	NIST Chemistry WebBook
3-thiolpropanoic acid	NIST Chemistry WebBook
3-thiopropanoic acid	ChemIDplus
3-thiopropionic acid	ChemIDplus
3MPA	ChemIDplus
β-mercaptopropionic acid	NIST Chemistry WebBook
BETA-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID	PDBeChem
β-thiopropionic acid	NIST Chemistry WebBook

Last Modified

09 July 2015