gamma-Glutamylmethylamide
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| IUPAC name
(2S)-2-amino-5-(methylamino)-5-oxopentanoic acid | |
| Other names
N-Methyl-L-glutamine; metheanine | |
| Identifiers | |
3081-62-7  | |
| ChEBI | CHEBI:58200 |
| ChemSpider | 388957 |
| DrugBank | DB03473 |
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| KEGG | C03153 |
| PubChem | 439925 |
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| Properties | |
| C6H12N2O3 | |
| Molar mass | 160.17 g/mol |
| Density | 1.211 g/mL |
| Boiling point | 427.5 °C (801.5 °F; 700.6 K) |
| Except where noted otherwise, data is given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa) | |
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γ-Glutamylmethylamide (gamma-Glutamylmethylamide, abbrev. GMA, synonyms N-methyl-L-glutamine, metheanine) is an amino acid analog of the proteinogenic amino acids L-glutamic acid and L-glutamine, found primarily in plant and fungal species; simply speaking, it is L-glutamine methylated on the amide nitrogen. It is an identified an important biosynthetic intermediate allowing bacteria (e.g., methanotrophs) use of methylated amines as carbon and nitrogen source for growth (and so of significant biotechnological interest).[1][2][3] Like its close relative theanine, it is a pharmacologically active constituent of green tea, with preliminary evidence for at least comparable activity to theanine as a hypotensive.[4]
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References
- ↑ Chen Y, Scanlan J, Song L, Crombie A, Rahman MT, Schäfer H, Murrell JC (2010) γ-Glutamylmethylamide is an essential intermediate in the metabolism of methylamine by Methylocella silvestris, Appl Environ Microbiol. 76(13):4530-4537, DOI 10.1128/AEM.00739-1, PMID 20472738, see , accessed 17 August 2014.
- ↑ Wischer D, Kumaresan D, Johnston A, El Khawand M, Stephenson J, Hillebrand-Voiculescu AM, Chen Y, Colin Murrell J (2014) Bacterial metabolism of methylated amines and identification of novel methylotrophs in Movile Cave, (epub ahead of print, volume and pages nos. needed]), ISME J DOI 10.1038/ismej.2014.102, PMID 25050523, see , accessed 17 August 2014.
- ↑ Xu L, Gao G, Wengen C, Xu J, Zhao L, Shi H, Zhang X (2014) Enzymatic synthesis of γ-glutamylmethylamide from glutamic acid γ-methyl ester and methylamine catalyzed by Escherichia coli having γ-glutamyltranspeptidase activity, Appl Biochem Biotechnol. 173(4):851-6. DOI 10.1007/s12010-014-0877-3, PMID 24733529, see , accessed 17 August 2014.
- ↑ Yokogoshi H, Kobayashi M. (1998). "Hypotensive effect of gamma-glutamylmethylamide in spontaneously hypertensive rats.". Life Sci. 62 (12): 1065–8. doi:10.1016/S0024-3205(98)00029-0. PMID 9519808.