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CHEBI:15611 - sarcosine
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ChEBI Name
sarcosine
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:15611
Definition
A
N
-alkylglycine that is the
N
-methyl derivative of glycine. It is an intermediate in the metabolic pathway of glycine.
Stars
This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs
CHEBI:45442, CHEBI:45531, CHEBI:45614, CHEBI:45381, CHEBI:10876, CHEBI:12609, CHEBI:9029, CHEBI:15065, CHEBI:21765
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Formula
C3H7NO2
Net Charge
0
Average Mass
89.09322
Monoisotopic Mass
89.04768
InChI
InChI=1S/C3H7NO2/c1-4-2-3(5)6/h4H,2H2,1H3,(H,5,6)
InChIKey
FSYKKLYZXJSNPZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
CNCC(O)=O
Metabolite of Species
Details
Mus musculus
(NCBI:txid10090)
Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See:
PubMed
Escherichia coli
(NCBI:txid562)
See:
PubMed
Homo sapiens
(NCBI:txid9606)
See:
DOI
Roles Classification
Chemical Role
(s):
Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Br
o
nsted acid).
(via
organic amino compound
)
Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Br
o
nsted base).
(via
oxoacid
)
Biological Role
(s):
Escherichia coli metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in
Escherichia coli
.
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (
Homo sapiens
).
glycine transporter 1 inhibitor
Any glycine transporter inhibitor that interferes with the action of glycine 1 transporters.
glycine receptor agonist
An agonist that binds to and activates glycine receptors
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (
Mus musculus
).
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
has role
Escherichia coli
metabolite (
CHEBI:76971
)
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
has role
glycine receptor agonist (
CHEBI:64589
)
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
has role
glycine transporter 1 inhibitor (
CHEBI:64588
)
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
has role
human metabolite (
CHEBI:77746
)
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
has role
mouse metabolite (
CHEBI:75771
)
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
is a
N
-alkylglycine (
CHEBI:66933
)
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
is a
N
-methyl-amino acid (
CHEBI:21760
)
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
is a
N
-methylglycines (
CHEBI:21766
)
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
is conjugate acid of
sarcosinate (
CHEBI:46915
)
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
is conjugate base of
sarcosinium (
CHEBI:46842
)
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
is tautomer of
sarcosine zwitterion (
CHEBI:57433
)
Incoming
N
-nitrososarcosine (
CHEBI:82363
)
has functional parent
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
sarcosinium (
CHEBI:46842
)
is conjugate acid of
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
sarcosinate (
CHEBI:46915
)
is conjugate base of
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
sarcosine zwitterion (
CHEBI:57433
)
is tautomer of
sarcosine (
CHEBI:15611
)
IUPAC Name
sarcosine
Synonyms
Sources
(methylamino)acetic acid
ChemIDplus
(methylamino)ethanoic acid
NIST Chemistry WebBook
L-sarcosine
Note: (2015-03-26) A misnomer which has been frequently used in the primary literature - sarcosine does not have a chiral centre, so cannot be either D or L.
ChEBI
MeGly
ChEBI
methylaminoacetic acid
NIST Chemistry WebBook
N
-methylaminoacetic acid
NIST Chemistry WebBook
N-Methylglycine
KEGG COMPOUND
Sar
IUPAC
Sarcosine
KEGG COMPOUND
SARCOSINE
PDBeChem
sarcosinic acid
ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs
Databases
C00213
KEGG COMPOUND
c0135
UM-BBD
HMDB0000271
HMDB
SAR
PDBeChem
Sarcosine
Wikipedia
SARCOSINE
MetaCyc
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Registry Numbers
Types
Sources
107-97-1
CAS Registry Number
NIST Chemistry WebBook
107-97-1
CAS Registry Number
ChemIDplus
1699442
Reaxys Registry Number
Reaxys
2018
Gmelin Registry Number
Gmelin
Citations
Types
Sources
11272730
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
11850512
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
15023571
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
15331688
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
16154544
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
17095900
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
17190852
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
17901997
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
19433577
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
19577367
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
19619564
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
19944746
PubMed citation
Europe PMC
Last Modified
27 January 2016