Record Information
Version1.0
StatusDetected and Quantified
Creation Date2020-12-10 18:37:49 UTC
Update Date2024-04-30 19:32:25 UTC
Metabolite IDMMDBc0000441
Metabolite Identification
Common Namegamma-Glutamylalanine
Descriptiongamma-Glutamylalanine is a dipeptide composed of gamma-glutamate and alanine, and is a proteolytic breakdown product of larger proteins. It belongs to the family of N-acyl-alpha amino acids and derivatives. These are compounds containing an alpha amino acid which bears an acyl group at its terminal nitrogen atom. gamma-Glutamylalanine is a natural substrate of the enzyme (5-L-glutamyl)-L-amino acid 5-glutamyltransferase (cyclizing) (g-glutamylcyclotransferase, EC 2.3.2.2) in the glutathione metabolism pathway, which cleaves gamma-glutamylalanine to produce L-5-oxoproline. gamma-Glutamylcyclotransferase is widely distributed in both human and animal tissues where it catalyzes the scission of the y-peptide bonds of many different gamma-glutamyl-amino acids and gamma-glutamyl-gamma-glutamyl-amino acids. The latter are 'better' substrates of the enzyme than the corresponding gamma-glutamyl-amino acids (PMID: 2570694 , 2893631 ).
Structure
Synonyms
ValueSource
5-L-Glutamyl-L-alanineChEBI
gamma-L-Glutamyl-L-alanineChEBI
L-gamma-Glu-L-alaChEBI
N-L-gamma-Glutamyl-L-alanineChEBI
g-L-Glutamyl-L-alanineGenerator
Γ-L-glutamyl-L-alanineGenerator
L-g-Glu-L-alaGenerator
L-Γ-glu-L-alaGenerator
N-L-g-Glutamyl-L-alanineGenerator
N-L-Γ-glutamyl-L-alanineGenerator
g-GlutamylalanineGenerator
Γ-glutamylalanineGenerator
γ-Glu-AlaHMDB
γ-L-Glu-L-AlaHMDB
L-γ-Glutamyl-L-alanineHMDB
N-γ-GlutamylalanineHMDB
N-L-γ-GlutamylalanineHMDB
gamma-Glu-AlaHMDB
gamma-L-Glu-L-AlaHMDB
L-gamma-Glutamyl-L-alanineHMDB
N-gamma-GlutamylalanineHMDB
N-L-gamma-GlutamylalanineHMDB
gamma-GlutamylalanineHMDB, ChEBI
5-L-GlutamylalanineHMDB
g-Glu-AlaHMDB
N-γ-L-Glutamyl-L-alanineHMDB
N-gamma-L-Glutamyl-L-alanineHMDB
Molecular FormulaC8H14N2O5
Average Mass218.2072
Monoisotopic Mass218.090271568
IUPAC Name(2S)-2-amino-4-{[(1S)-1-carboxyethyl]carbamoyl}butanoic acid
Traditional Nameg-glu-ala
CAS Registry NumberNot Available
SMILES
C[C@H](NC(=O)CC[C@H](N)C(O)=O)C(O)=O
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/C8H14N2O5/c1-4(7(12)13)10-6(11)3-2-5(9)8(14)15/h4-5H,2-3,9H2,1H3,(H,10,11)(H,12,13)(H,14,15)/t4-,5-/m0/s1
InChI KeyWQXXXVRAFAKQJM-WHFBIAKZSA-N