CHEBI:18261 - N-carbamoyl-β-alanine

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ChEBI Name N-carbamoyl-β-alanine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:18261
ChEBI ASCII Name N-carbamoyl-beta-alanine
Definition A β-alanine derivative that is propionic acid bearing a ureido group at position 3.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:21690, CHEBI:46352, CHEBI:12495, CHEBI:1671
Supplier Information No supplier information found for this compound.
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Taurine (), or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is a naturally occurring amino sulfonic acid that is widely distributed in animal tissues. It is a major constituent of bile and can be found in the large intestine. It is named after Latin taurus (cognate to Ancient Greek ταῦρος, taûros) meaning bull or ox, as it was first isolated from ox bile in 1827 by German scientists Friedrich Tiedemann and Leopold Gmelin. It was identified in human bile in 1846 by Edmund Ronalds. Although taurine is abundant in human organs, it is not an essential human dietary nutrient and is not included among nutrients with a recommended intake level. Among the diverse pathways by which natural taurine can be biosynthesized, its human pathways (primarily in the human liver) are from cysteine and/or methionine. Taurine is commonly sold as a dietary supplement, but there is no good clinical evidence that taurine supplements provide any benefit to human health. Taurine is used as a food additive for cats (who require it as an essential nutrient), dogs, and poultry.
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Formula C4H8N2O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 132.11800
Monoisotopic Mass 132.05349
InChI InChI=1S/C4H8N2O3/c5-4(9)6-2-1-3(7)8/h1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H3,5,6,9)
InChIKey JSJWCHRYRHKBBW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES NC(=O)NCCC(O)=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): metabolite
Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
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Outgoing N-carbamoyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:18261) has functional parent propionic acid (CHEBI:30768)
N-carbamoyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:18261) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
N-carbamoyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:18261) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
N-carbamoyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:18261) is a β-alanine derivative (CHEBI:22823)
N-carbamoyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:18261) is conjugate acid of N-carbamoyl-β-alaninate (CHEBI:11892)
Incoming N-carbamoyl-β-alaninate (CHEBI:11892) is conjugate base of N-carbamoyl-β-alanine (CHEBI:18261)
IUPAC Names
3-(carbamoylamino)propanoic acid
N-carbamoyl-β-alanine
Synonyms Sources
3-[(aminocarbonyl)amino]propanoic acid ChEBI
3-Ureidopropanoate KEGG COMPOUND
3-ureidopropanoic acid HMDB
3-Ureidopropionate KEGG COMPOUND
3-Ureidopropionic acid HMDB
beta-Ureidopropionic acid KEGG COMPOUND
N-(AMINOCARBONYL)-BETA-ALANINE PDBeChem
N-(aminocarbonyl)-β-alanine ChemIDplus
N-Carbamoyl-beta-alanine KEGG COMPOUND
N-carbamoyl-beta-alanine PDBeChem
N-carbamoyl-beta-alanine ChEBI
Ureidopropanoic acid ChEBI
Ureidopropionic acid HMDB
Manual Xrefs Databases
3-UREIDO-PROPIONATE MetaCyc
3-Ureidopropionic_acid Wikipedia
C02642 KEGG COMPOUND
HMDB0000026 HMDB
URP PDBeChem
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1705263 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
462-88-4 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
675230 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
Citations Types Sources
1536562 PubMed citation Europe PMC
17190852 PubMed citation Europe PMC
22770225 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
27 January 2016