gamma-Glutamylcysteine

γ-Glutamylcysteine

IUPAC name 2-amino-5-[(1-hydroxy-1-oxo-3-sulfanylpropan-2-yl)amino]-5-oxopentanoic acid
Identifiers
CAS number	636-58-8
PubChem	123938
ChemSpider	110467^Y
KEGG	C00669^Y
MeSH	Gamma-glutamylcysteine
ChEBI	CHEBI:17515^Y
ChEMBL	CHEMBL460831^Y
Jmol-3D images	Image 1
SMILES O=C(O)[C@@H](NC(=O)CC[C@@H](C(=O)O)N)CS
InChI InChI=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^Y Key: RITKHVBHSGLULN-WHFBIAKZSA-N^Y InChI=1/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 Key: RITKHVBHSGLULN-WHFBIAKZBB
Properties
Molecular formula	C₈H₁₄N₂O₅S
Molar mass	250.27216
Y (verify) (what is: Y/N?) Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

γ-Glutamylcysteine is a precursor of glutathione. It is formed by gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase and used by glutathione synthetase to form glutathione.

lysine→	Saccharopine · Allysine · α-Aminoadipic acid · α-Aminoadipate · Glutaryl-CoA · Glutaconyl-CoA · Crotonyl-CoA · β-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA

leucine→	α-Ketoisocaproic acid · Isovaleryl-CoA · 3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA · 3-Methylglutaconyl-CoA · HMG-CoA

tryptophan→alanine→	N'-Formylkynurenine · Kynurenine · Anthranilic acid · 3-Hydroxykynurenine · 3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid · 2-Amino-3-carboxymuconic semialdehyde · 2-Aminomuconic semialdehyde · 2-Aminomuconic acid · Glutaryl-CoA

glycine→serine→	3-Phosphoglyceric acid glycine→creatine: Glycocyamine · Phosphocreatine · Creatinine

histidine→	Urocanic acid · Imidazol-4-one-5-propionic acid · Formiminoglutamic acid · Glutamate-1-semialdehyde

proline→	1-Pyrroline-5-carboxylic acid

arginine→	Ornithine · Putrescine · Agmatine

other	cysteine+glutamate→glutathione: γ-Glutamylcysteine

valine→	α-Ketoisovaleric acid · Isobutyryl-CoA · Methacrylyl-CoA · 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA · 3-Hydroxyisobutyric acid · 2-Methyl-3-oxopropanoic acid

isoleucine→	2,3-Dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid · 2-Methylbutyryl-CoA · Tiglyl-CoA · 2-Methylacetoacetyl-CoA

methionine→	generation of homocysteine: S-Adenosyl methionine · S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine · Homocysteine conversion to cysteine: Cystathionine · alpha-Ketobutyric acid+Cysteine

threonine→	α-Ketobutyric acid

propionyl-CoA→	Methylmalonyl-CoA


phenylalanine→tyrosine→	4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid · Homogentisic acid · 4-Maleylacetoacetate

see urea cycle

Other


Cysteine metabolism	Cysteine sulfinic acid

mt, k, c/g/r/p/y/i, f/h/s/l/o/e, a/u, n, m

k, cgrp/y/i, f/h/s/l/o/e, au, n, m, epon

m(A16/C10),i(k, c/g/r/p/y/i, f/h/s/o/e, a/u, n, m)

biochemical families: prot · nucl · carb (glpr, alco, glys) · lipd (fata/i, phld, strd, gllp, eico) · amac/i · ncbs/i · ttpy/i