2-Aminohexanedioic acid
Created:
5/31/17
Submitted:
3/6/23
Published:
3/6/23
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2-aminoadipic acid is an alpha-amino acid that is adipic acid bearing a single amino substituent at position 2. An intermediate in the formation of lysine. It has a role as a mammalian metabolite and a Caenorhabditis elegans metabolite. It is an amino dicarboxylic acid, a non-proteinogenic alpha-amino acid and a dicarboxylic fatty acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 2-aminoadipate(2-).
