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Metabolite IDPAMDB000232
Identification
Name: gamma-Glutamylcysteine
Description:G-Glutamylcysteine is a product of enzyme glutamate-cysteine ligase [EC 6.3.2.2] and a substrate of enzyme glutathione synthase [EC 6.3.2.3] in glutamate metabolism pathway (KEGG).
Structure
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Synonyms:
  • γ-glutamylcysteine
  • γ-L-glutamyl-L-cysteine
  • (Des-Gly)-Glutathione
  • 3GC
  • 5-L-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
  • 5-L-Glutamylcysteine
  • g-Glu-cys
  • G-Glutamylcysteine
  • G-L-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
  • Gamma-Glu-cys
  • Gamma-Glutamylcysteine
  • Gamma-L-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
  • H-g-Glu-cys-OH
  • H-gamma-Glu-Cys-OH
  • H-Glu(Cys-OH)-OH
  • H-γ-Glu-cys-OH
  • L-g-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
  • L-g-Glutamylcysteine
  • L-gamma-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
  • L-gamma-Glutamylcysteine
  • L-γ-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
  • L-γ-Glutamylcysteine
  • N-(1-Carboxy-2-mercaptoethyl)-L-Glutamine
  • N-L-g-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
  • N-L-gamma-Glutamyl-L-Cysteine
  • N-L-γ-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
  • XN-L-g-glutamyl-Glutamine
  • XN-L-gamma-glutamyl-Glutamine
  • XN-L-γ-Glutamyl-glutamine
  • γ-Glu-cys
  • γ-Glutamylcysteine
  • γ-L-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
Chemical Formula: C8H14N2O5S
Average Molecular Weight: 250.272
Monoisotopic Molecular Weight: 250.062342258
InChI Key: RITKHVBHSGLULN-WHFBIAKZSA-N
InChI:InChI=1S/C8H14N2O5S/c9-4(7(12)13)1-2-6(11)10-5(3-16)8(14)15/h4-5,16H,1-3,9H2,(H,10,11)(H,12,13)(H,14,15)/t4-,5-/m0/s1
CAS number: 636-58-8
IUPAC Name:(2S)-2-amino-4-{[(1R)-1-carboxy-2-sulfanylethyl]carbamoyl}butanoic acid
Traditional IUPAC Name: gamma-glutamylcysteine
SMILES:N[C@@H](CCC(=O)N[C@@H](CS)C(O)=O)C(O)=O
Chemical Taxonomy
Taxonomy DescriptionThis compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as gamma-glutamyl amino acids. These are dipeptides consisting of any C-terminal amino acid having a gamma-glutamyl residue attached at the N alpha-position.
Kingdom Organic compounds
Super ClassOrganic acids and derivatives
Class Carboxylic acids and derivatives
Sub ClassAmino acids, peptides, and analogues
Direct Parent Gamma-glutamyl amino acids
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Gamma-glutamyl alpha-amino acid
  • N-acyl-aliphatic-alpha amino acid
  • N-acyl-alpha amino acid or derivatives
  • N-acyl-alpha-amino acid
  • N-acyl-l-alpha-amino acid
  • L-alpha-amino acid
  • Alpha-amino acid or derivatives
  • N-substituted-alpha-amino acid
  • Alpha-amino acid
  • Amino fatty acid
  • Fatty acyl
  • Fatty acid
  • N-acyl-amine
  • Fatty amide
  • Dicarboxylic acid or derivatives
  • Secondary carboxylic acid amide
  • Carboxamide group
  • Carboxylic acid
  • Carboxylic acid amide
  • Alkylthiol
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Primary amine
  • Organosulfur compound
  • Organooxygen compound
  • Organonitrogen compound
  • Primary aliphatic amine
  • Carbonyl group
  • Amine
  • Aliphatic acyclic compound
Molecular Framework Aliphatic acyclic compounds
External Descriptors
Physical Properties
State: Solid
Charge:-1
Melting point: Not Available
Experimental Properties:
PropertyValueSource
Predicted Properties
PropertyValueSource
Water Solubility2.62 mg/mLALOGPS
logP-2.5ALOGPS
logP-3.8ChemAxon
logS-2ALOGPS
pKa (Strongest Acidic)1.91ChemAxon
pKa (Strongest Basic)9.24ChemAxon
Physiological Charge-1ChemAxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count6ChemAxon
Hydrogen Donor Count5ChemAxon
Polar Surface Area129.72 Å2ChemAxon
Rotatable Bond Count7ChemAxon
Refractivity56.31 m3·mol-1ChemAxon
Polarizability23.36 Å3ChemAxon
Number of Rings0ChemAxon
Bioavailability1ChemAxon
Rule of FiveYesChemAxon
Ghose FilterYesChemAxon
Veber's RuleYesChemAxon
MDDR-like RuleYesChemAxon
Biological Properties
Cellular Locations: Cytoplasm
Reactions:
Pathways:
Spectra
Spectra:
Spectrum TypeDescriptionSplash Key
GC-MSGC-MS Spectrum - GC-EI-TOF (Pegasus III TOF-MS system, Leco; GC 6890, Agilent Technologies)splash10-054t-1920100000-5ce9a082971db6d9e2e9View in MoNA
GC-MSGC-MS Spectrum - GC-MSNot Available
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - Quattro_QQQ 10V, Positive (Annotated)splash10-0udi-0090000000-50bd1555ededc1afde80View in MoNA
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - Quattro_QQQ 25V, Positive (Annotated)splash10-0udi-0290000000-385ca433f03af7530f47View in MoNA
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - Quattro_QQQ 40V, Positive (Annotated)splash10-0ue9-5490000000-95d45a9cd2bb6249d3a2View in MoNA
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - LC-ESI-QTOF (UPLC Q-Tof Premier, Waters) , Positivesplash10-001i-9510000000-5f29ca903abe05256c83View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, PositiveNot Available
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, PositiveNot Available
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, PositiveNot Available
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, NegativeNot Available
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, NegativeNot Available
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, NegativeNot Available
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot Available
2D NMR[1H,13C] 2D NMR SpectrumNot Available
References
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Synthesis Reference: Bridge, Wallace John; Zarka, Martin Hani. Enzymic production of g-glutamylcysteine. PCT Int. Appl. (2006), 76pp.
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CHEBI ID17515
HMDB IDHMDB01049
Pubchem Compound ID123938
Kegg IDC00669
ChemSpider ID110467
Wikipedia IDNot Available
BioCyc IDL-GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE
EcoCyc IDL-GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE
Ligand Expo3GC