Alpha-Aminoadipic Acid
Created:
5/31/17
Submitted:
10/6/26
Published:
10/7/26
469-bas-color-print_cautionAtoms shown as ball-and-stick (geometry appears faceted on screen; apply smooth normals in Blender or similar to improve visualization; generally smooth when 3D printed) with standard colors. 3D printable, with caution, using certain 3D printers.
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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 a dicarboxylic fatty acid, an amino dicarboxylic acid and a non-proteinogenic alpha-amino acid. It is a conjugate acid of a 2-aminoadipate(2-).
