DL-cysteine
Cysteine is a sulfur-containing amino acid that is propanoic acid with an amino group at position 2 and a sulfanyl group at position 3. It has a role as a fundamental metabolite. It is a polar amino acid, a sulfur-containing amino acid and an alpha-amino acid. It contains a sulfanylmethyl group. It is a conjugate base of a cysteinium. It is a conjugate acid of a cysteinate(1-). It is a tautomer of a cysteine zwitterion. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 2-amino-3-sulfanylpropanoic acid
- Molecular formula
- C3H7NO2S
- Molecular weight
- 121.16 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 121.01974964 Da
- XLogP3
- -2.5
- Topological polar surface area
- 64.3 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 3
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 4
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:15356
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL54943
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID5046988
- PubMed:23024785
- PubMed:22867025
- PubMed:22813754
- PubMed:22769850
- PubMed:22572786
- PubMed:22539321
- PubMed:22533155
- PubMed:22524145
- PubMed:22523489
- PubMed:22427952
- PubMed:22405311
- PubMed:22365687
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