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ChEBI Name	ornithine

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:18257

Definition	An α-amino acid that is pentanoic acid bearing two amino substituents at positions 2 and 5.

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

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:7784

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Formula

C5H12N2O2

Net Charge

Average Mass

132.16106

Monoisotopic Mass

132.08988

InChI

InChI=1S/C5H12N2O2/c6-3-1-2-4(7)5(8)9/h4H,1-3,6-7H2,(H,8,9)

InChIKey

AHLPHDHHMVZTML-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

NCCCC(N)C(O)=O

Metabolite of Species	Details
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (NCBI:txid3055)	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
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562)	See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606)	See: PubMed

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 )

Biological Role(s):	Escherichia coli metabolite Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli. 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. 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.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	ornithine (CHEBI:18257) has role Daphnia magna metabolite (CHEBI:83056) ornithine (CHEBI:18257) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971) ornithine (CHEBI:18257) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735) ornithine (CHEBI:18257) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746) ornithine (CHEBI:18257) is a non-proteinogenic α-amino acid (CHEBI:83925) ornithine (CHEBI:18257) is conjugate acid of ornithinate (CHEBI:32964) ornithine (CHEBI:18257) is conjugate base of ornithinium(1+) (CHEBI:46912)

Incoming	eflornithine (CHEBI:41948) has functional parent ornithine (CHEBI:18257) ornithine derivative (CHEBI:25718) has functional parent ornithine (CHEBI:18257) D-ornithine (CHEBI:16176) is a ornithine (CHEBI:18257) L-ornithine (CHEBI:15729) is a ornithine (CHEBI:18257) ornithinium(1+) (CHEBI:46912) is conjugate acid of ornithine (CHEBI:18257) ornithinate (CHEBI:32964) is conjugate base of ornithine (CHEBI:18257) N²-ornithino group (CHEBI:46930) is substituent group from ornithine (CHEBI:18257) N⁵-ornithino group (CHEBI:46934) is substituent group from ornithine (CHEBI:18257) ornithine residue (CHEBI:46928) is substituent group from ornithine (CHEBI:18257) ornithyl group (CHEBI:46929) is substituent group from ornithine (CHEBI:18257)

IUPAC Names

2,5-diaminopentanoic acid

ornithine

Last Modified

25 January 2016