N(alpha)-methyl-L-tryptophan (CHEBI:15334)

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ChEBI Name	N^α-methyl-L-tryptophan

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:15334

ChEBI ASCII Name	N(alpha)-methyl-L-tryptophan

Definition	A N-methyl-L-α-amino acid that is the N^α-methyl derivative of L-tryptophan.

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

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:6166, CHEBI:13058, CHEBI:21207

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Formulae

C12H14N2O2
C12H14N2O2

Net Charge

Average Mass

218.256

Monoisotopic Mass

218.10553

InChI

InChI=1S/C12H14N2O2/c1-13-11(12(15)16)6-8-7-14-10-5-3-2-4-9(8)10/h2-5,7,11,13-14H,6H2,1H3,(H,15,16)/t11-/m0/s1

InChIKey

CZCIKBSVHDNIDH-NSHDSACASA-N

SMILES

C1(=CNC2=C1C=CC=C2)C[C@@H](C(=O)O)NC

Metabolite of Species	Details
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562)	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 ) Bronsted acid A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base). (via oxoacid )

Biological Role(s):	Escherichia coli metabolite Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	N^α-methyl-L-tryptophan (CHEBI:15334) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971) N^α-methyl-L-tryptophan (CHEBI:15334) is a N-methyl-L-α-amino acid (CHEBI:21752) N^α-methyl-L-tryptophan (CHEBI:15334) is a L-tryptophan derivative (CHEBI:47994) N^α-methyl-L-tryptophan (CHEBI:15334) is tautomer of N^α-methyl-L-tryptophan zwitterion (CHEBI:57283)

Incoming	N^α-methyl-L-tryptophan zwitterion (CHEBI:57283) is tautomer of N^α-methyl-L-tryptophan (CHEBI:15334)

IUPAC Name

(2S)-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-2-(methylamino)propanoic acid

Last Modified

21 November 2019