CHEBI:37081 - 3-aminobutanoic acid

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ChEBI Name 3-aminobutanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:37081
Definition A β-amino acid that is butyric acid which is substituted by an amino group at position 3.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Supplier Information ChemicalBook:CB61119057, ChemicalBook:CB7164983, ChemicalBook:CB4164982, eMolecules:476621
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Formulae C4H9NO2
C4H9NO2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 103.121
Monoisotopic Mass 103.06333
InChI InChI=1S/C4H9NO2/c1-3(5)2-4(6)7/h3H,2,5H2,1H3,(H,6,7)
InChIKey OQEBBZSWEGYTPG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES NC(CC(=O)O)C
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): metabolite
Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
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Outgoing 3-aminobutanoic acid (CHEBI:37081) has functional parent butyric acid (CHEBI:30772)
3-aminobutanoic acid (CHEBI:37081) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
3-aminobutanoic acid (CHEBI:37081) is a β-amino acid (CHEBI:33706)
3-aminobutanoic acid (CHEBI:37081) is a monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:25384)
3-aminobutanoic acid (CHEBI:37081) is conjugate acid of 3-aminobutyrate (CHEBI:87997)
3-aminobutanoic acid (CHEBI:37081) is tautomer of 3-aminobutanoic acid zwitterion (CHEBI:150018)
Incoming 3-aminobutyryl-CoA (CHEBI:28317) has functional parent 3-aminobutanoic acid (CHEBI:37081)
3-aminobutyrate (CHEBI:87997) is conjugate base of 3-aminobutanoic acid (CHEBI:37081)
3-aminobutanoic acid zwitterion (CHEBI:150018) is tautomer of 3-aminobutanoic acid (CHEBI:37081)
IUPAC Name
3-aminobutanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
3-aminobutanoic acid ChEBI
3-Aminobutyric acid ChemIDplus
3-methyl-β-alanine ChEBI
beta-Aminobutyric acid ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs Databases
CPD-4748 MetaCyc
HMDB0031654 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1720563 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
541-48-0 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
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Last Modified
27 May 2020