L-djenkolic acid

Term ID

CHEBI:6211

Synonyms

• (2R,2'R)-3,3'-(methylenedisulfanediyl)bis(2-aminopropanoic acid)
• 3,3'-(Methylenedithio)dialanine
• 3,3'-Methylenedithiobis(2-aminopropanoic acid)
• beta,beta'-Methylenedithiodialanine
• Djenkolic acid
• L-Cysteine thioacetal of formaldehyde
• S,S'-methylene-bis-L-cysteine
• S,S'-methylenebis(cysteine)

Definition

A dithioacetal consisting of two molecules of L-cysteine joined via their sulfanyl groups to methylene.

References

• cas:498-59-9
• kegg.compound:C08275
• knapsack:C00001356
• pubmed:10555201
• pubmed:15435518
• pubmed:15672672
• pubmed:20291097
• pubmed:21744354
• pubmed:24790471
• pubmed:34890
• pubmed:5669915
• reaxys:1713584
• wikipedia.en:Djenkolic_acid

Ontology

ChEBI  ( EBI )

Resources

CTD