Chemical Component Summary

NameGAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINE
Identifiers(2S)-2-amino-5-[[(2R)-1-hydroxy-1-oxo-3-sulfanyl-propan-2-yl]amino]-5-oxo-pentanoic acid
FormulaC8 H14 N2 O5 S
Molecular Weight250.272
TypeNON-POLYMER
Isomeric SMILESC(CC(=O)N[C@@H](CS)C(=O)O)[C@@H](C(=O)O)N
InChIInChI=1S/C8H14N2O5S/c9-4(7(12)13)1-2-6(11)10-5(3-16)8(14)15/h4-5,16H,1-3,9H2,(H,10,11)(H,12,13)(H,14,15)/t4-,5-/m0/s1
InChIKeyRITKHVBHSGLULN-WHFBIAKZSA-N

Chemical Details

Formal Charge0
Atom Count30
Chiral Atom Count2
Bond Count29
Aromatic Bond Count0

Drug Info: DrugBank

DrugBank IDDB03408 
Namegamma-Glutamylcysteine
Groups experimental
Synonyms
  • 5-L-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
  • Glu(-Cys)
  • gamma-Glutamylcysteine
  • gamma-L-Glutamyl-L-cysteine
  • gamma-Glu-Cys
Categories
  • Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Oligopeptides
  • Peptides
CAS number636-58-8

Drug Targets

NameTarget SequencePharmacological ActionActions
Glutathione synthetaseMATNWGSLLQDKQQLEELARQAVDRALAEGVLLRTSQEPTSSEVVSYAPF...unknown
Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682

Related Resource References

Resource NameReference
PubChem 123938
ChEMBL CHEMBL460831
ChEBI CHEBI:17515