API reference
L tyrosine
- CAS number
- 60-18-4
- Molecular formula
- C9H11NO3
- Molecular weight
- 181.19 g/mol
About this molecule
L-tyrosine is an optically active form of tyrosine having L-configuration. It has a role as a micronutrient, a nutraceutical, an EC 1.3.1.43 (arogenate dehydrogenase) inhibitor and a fundamental metabolite. It is a L-alpha-amino acid, a tyrosine, an erythrose 4-phosphate/phosphoenolpyruvate family amino acid and a proteinogenic amino acid. It is functionally related to a L-tyrosinal. It is a conjugate base of a L-tyrosinium. It is a conjugate acid of a L-tyrosinate(1-). It is an enantiomer of a D-tyrosine. It is a tautomer of a L-tyrosine zwitterion.
Source: ChEBI, via PubChem.
Identifiers
- IUPAC name
- (2S)-2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid
- InChIKey
- OUYCCCASQSFEME-QMMMGPOBSA-N
- SMILES
- C1=CC(=CC=C1C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N)O
- Other CAS numbers recorded
- 55520-40-6 · 1189756-47-5
- PubChem CID
- 6057
Also known as
L-tyrosine · tyrosine · (S)-Tyrosine · p-Tyrosine · (2S)-2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid · L-p-Tyrosine · 4-Hydroxy-L-phenylalanine · tirosina
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