CHEBI:15887 - 5-aminopentanoic acid

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ChEBI Name 5-aminopentanoic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:15887
Definition A δ-amino acid comprising pentanoic acid with an amino substituent at C-5; a methylene homologue of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) that is a weak GABA agonist.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:2037, CHEBI:41853, CHEBI:12111, CHEBI:20549
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Formula C5H11NO2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 117.14638
Monoisotopic Mass 117.07898
InChI InChI=1S/C5H11NO2/c6-4-2-1-3-5(7)8/h1-4,6H2,(H,7,8)
InChIKey JJMDCOVWQOJGCB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES NCCCCC(O)=O
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): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
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Outgoing 5-aminopentanoic acid (CHEBI:15887) has functional parent valeric acid (CHEBI:17418)
5-aminopentanoic acid (CHEBI:15887) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
5-aminopentanoic acid (CHEBI:15887) is a δ-amino acid (CHEBI:35931)
5-aminopentanoic acid (CHEBI:15887) is a ω-amino fatty acid (CHEBI:59758)
5-aminopentanoic acid (CHEBI:15887) is conjugate acid of 5-aminopentanoate (CHEBI:86394)
5-aminopentanoic acid (CHEBI:15887) is tautomer of 5-aminopentanoic acid zwitterion (CHEBI:356010)
Incoming 5-acetamidopentanoic acid (CHEBI:2024) has functional parent 5-aminopentanoic acid (CHEBI:15887)
5-aminopentanoate (CHEBI:86394) is conjugate base of 5-aminopentanoic acid (CHEBI:15887)
5-aminopentanoic acid zwitterion (CHEBI:356010) is tautomer of 5-aminopentanoic acid (CHEBI:15887)
IUPAC Name
5-aminopentanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
5-amino-n-valeric acid ChEBI
5-Aminopentanoate KEGG COMPOUND
5-Aminopentanoic acid KEGG COMPOUND
5-Aminovaleric acid KEGG COMPOUND
DANVA ChEBI
delta-Amino-n-valeric acid ChemIDplus
δ-aminovaleric acid NIST Chemistry WebBook
Manual Xrefs Databases
5-AMINOPENTANOATE MetaCyc
C00431 KEGG COMPOUND
HMDB0003355 HMDB
LMFA01100040 LIPID MAPS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
405633 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
660-88-8 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
660-88-8 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
660-88-8 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
906833 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
906833 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
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23 October 2015