Term Name: glutaurine
Synonyms: 5-glutamyl-taurine, 5-L-glutamyl-taurine, gamma-glutamyltaurine, gamma-GT, gamma-L-glutamyltaurine, glutaurina, glutaurine, glutaurinum, Litoralon, N-(2-sulfoethyl)-L-glutamine
Definition: A dipeptide resulting from the formal condensation of the amino group of taurine with the gamma-carboxy group of L-glutamic acid. It was initially found in the parathyroid in 1980 and later in the brain of mammals.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:27694]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: dipeptide L-glutamine derivative sulfonic acid
has_functional_parent: taurine
has_role: anticonvulsant anxiolytic drug hormone human metabolite mammalian metabolite mouse metabolite
inverse is_tautomer_of: glutaurine zwitterion
is_tautomer_of: glutaurine zwitterion