alpha-amino acid

amino acid in which the amino group is located on the carbon atom at the position α to the carboxy group
ChemicalSubstance structural_class_of_chemical_entities Q11850806
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alpha-amino acid

Summary

alpha-amino acid is a structural class of chemical entities[1].

Key Facts

  • alpha-amino acid's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[2].
  • alpha-amino acid's followed by is recorded as beta-amino acid[3].
  • alpha-amino acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as NC([*])C(O)=O[4].
  • alpha-amino acid's subclass of is recorded as amino acid[5].
  • alpha-amino acid's part of is recorded as alpha-amino acid metabolic process[6].
  • alpha-amino acid's part of is recorded as alpha-amino acid catabolic process[7].
  • alpha-amino acid's part of is recorded as alpha-amino acid biosynthetic process[8].
  • alpha-amino acid's Commons category is recorded as Alpha-Amino acids[9].
  • alpha-amino acid's ChEBI ID is recorded as 33704[10].
  • alpha-amino acid's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Alpha-Amino acids[11].
  • alpha-amino acid's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/alpha-amino-acid[12].
  • alpha-amino acid's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1216fd1c[13].
  • alpha-amino acid's tautomer of is recorded as alpha-amino acid zwitterion[14].
  • alpha-amino acid's CXSMILES is recorded as NC([*])C(O)=O |$;;R$|[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . ChEBI release 2021-07-01. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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