cysteamine (CHEBI:17141)

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ChEBI Name	cysteamine

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:17141

Definition	An amine that consists of an ethane skeleton substituted with a thiol group at C-1 and an amino group at C-2.

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

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:41923, CHEBI:15235, CHEBI:14060, CHEBI:4049, CHEBI:23506

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Formula

C2H7NS

Net Charge

Average Mass

77.150

Monoisotopic Mass

77.02992

InChI

InChI=1S/C2H7NS/c3-1-2-4/h4H,1-3H2

InChIKey

UFULAYFCSOUIOV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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NCCS

Metabolite of Species	Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090)	Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 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 )

Biological Role(s):	mouse metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus). human metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).

Application(s):	radiation protective agent Any compound that is able to protect normal cells from the damage caused by radiation therapy. geroprotector Any compound that supports healthy aging, slows the biological aging process, or extends lifespan.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) has functional parent ethylamine (CHEBI:15862) cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) has role geroprotector (CHEBI:176497) cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746) cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771) cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) has role radiation protective agent (CHEBI:66987) cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) is a amine (CHEBI:32952) cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) is a thiol (CHEBI:29256) cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) is conjugate base of cysteaminium (CHEBI:58029)

Incoming	N-acetylcysteamine (CHEBI:74410) has functional parent cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) S-acetylcysteamine (CHEBI:17853) has functional parent cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) amifostine (CHEBI:2636) has functional parent cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) cystamine (CHEBI:78757) has functional parent cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) cysteamine S-phosphate (CHEBI:74951) has functional parent cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) WR-1065 (CHEBI:72583) has functional parent cysteamine (CHEBI:17141) cysteaminium (CHEBI:58029) is conjugate acid of cysteamine (CHEBI:17141)

IUPAC Name

2-aminoethanethiol

Last Modified

07 October 2021