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L phenylalanine
- CAS number
- 63-91-2
- Molecular formula
- C9H11NO2
- Molecular weight
- 165.19 g/mol

About this molecule
L-phenylalanine is the L-enantiomer of phenylalanine. It has a role as a micronutrient, a nutraceutical, an EC 3.1.3.1 (alkaline phosphatase) inhibitor, a mouse metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, a plant metabolite, a human xenobiotic metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and an algal metabolite. It is a L-alpha-amino acid, a phenylalanine, an erythrose 4-phosphate/phosphoenolpyruvate family amino acid and a proteinogenic amino acid. It is a conjugate base of a L-phenylalaninium. It is a conjugate acid of a L-phenylalaninate. It is an enantiomer of a D-phenylalanine. It is a tautomer of a L-phenylalanine zwitterion.
Source: ChEBI, via PubChem.
Identifiers
- IUPAC name
- (2S)-2-amino-3-phenylpropanoic acid
- InChIKey
- COLNVLDHVKWLRT-QMMMGPOBSA-N
- SMILES
- C1=CC=C(C=C1)C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N
- Other CAS numbers recorded
- 25191-15-5 · 67675-33-6
- PubChem CID
- 6140
Also known as
L-phenylalanine · phenylalanine · (S)-2-Amino-3-phenylpropanoic acid · 3-Phenyl-L-alanine · (2S)-2-amino-3-phenylpropanoic acid · (S)-Phenylalanine · 3-Phenylalanine · beta-Phenyl-L-alanine
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