Alanine
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| Alanine | |
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| Chemical name | Alanine |
| Chemical formula | C3H7NO2 |
| Molecular mass | 89.1 g/mol |
| Melting point | xx.x °C |
| Boiling point | xx.x °C |
| Density | x.xxx g/cm3 |
| CAS number | 56-41-7 |
| SMILES | NC(C)C(O)=O |
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Alanine is one of the 20 most common natural amino acids. It is hydrophobic, with a methyl group side chain, and is the second-smallest of the 20 after glycine. Alanine is a non-essential amino acid and was first isolated in 1879.
L-Alanine is synthesized in muscle cells from pyruvate by transamination, with glutamate as the nitrogen donor. In the liver, alanine is transformed into pyruvate by the reverse reaction.
- pK1 (α-COOH): 2.35
- pK2 (α-NH3+): 9.87
- Protein Occurrence: 7.8%
| Alanine | Arginine | Asparagine | Aspartic acid | Cysteine | Glutamic acid | Glutamine | Glycine | Histidine | Isoleucine | Leucine | Lysine | Methionine | Phenylalanine | Proline | Serine | Threonine | Tryptophan | Tyrosine | Valine |
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