CHEBI:28044 - phenylalanine

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ChEBI Name phenylalanine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:28044
Definition An aromatic amino acid that is alanine in which one of the methyl hydrogens is substituted by a phenyl group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:8089, CHEBI:25984
Supplier Information ChemicalBook:CB4140195, eMolecules:482306
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Formula C9H11NO2
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 165.18918
Monoisotopic Mass 165.07898
InChI InChI=1S/C9H11NO2/c10-8(9(11)12)6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5,8H,6,10H2,(H,11,12)
InChIKey COLNVLDHVKWLRT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES NC(Cc1ccccc1)C(O)=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Daphnia magna (NCBI:txid35525) See: Mixtures of similarly acting compounds in Daphnia magna: From gene to metabolite and beyondTine Vandenbrouck, Oliver A.H. Jones, Nathalie Dom, Julian L. Griffin, Wim De CoenEnvironment International 36 (2010) 254-268
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): Daphnia magna metabolite
A Daphnia metabolite produced by the species Daphnia magna.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044) has part benzyl group (CHEBI:22744)
phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044) has role Daphnia magna metabolite (CHEBI:83056)
phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044) is a α-amino acid (CHEBI:33704)
phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044) is a aromatic amino acid (CHEBI:33856)
phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044) is conjugate acid of phenylalaninate (CHEBI:32504)
phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044) is conjugate base of phenylalaninium (CHEBI:32505)
Incoming γ-glutamylphenylalanine (CHEBI:82966) has functional parent phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044)
4-nitrophenylalanine (CHEBI:48496) has functional parent phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044)
methyl 4-amino-N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)phenylalaninate (CHEBI:48493) has functional parent phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044)
phenylalanine derivative (CHEBI:25985) has functional parent phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044)
D-phenylalanine (CHEBI:16998) is a phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044)
L-phenylalanine (CHEBI:17295) is a phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044)
phenylalaninium (CHEBI:32505) is conjugate acid of phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044)
phenylalaninate (CHEBI:32504) is conjugate base of phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044)
phenylalanine residue (CHEBI:32503) is substituent group from phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044)
phenylalanino group (CHEBI:25986) is substituent group from phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044)
phenylalanyl group (CHEBI:25987) is substituent group from phenylalanine (CHEBI:28044)
IUPAC Names
2-amino-3-phenylpropanoic acid
phenylalanine
Synonyms Sources
alpha-Amino-beta-phenylpropionic acid KEGG COMPOUND
DL-Phenylalanine KEGG COMPOUND
F ChEBI
fenilalanina ChEBI
PHE ChEBI
Phenylalanin ChEBI
Phenylalanine KEGG COMPOUND
phénylalanine ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
C02057 KEGG COMPOUND
Phenylalanine Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
150-30-1 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
150-30-1 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
1910407 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
50836 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
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Last Modified
19 December 2014