Molecule ID: 6305

IUPAC Name: (2S)-2-amino-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoic acid

Description: The molecule is the L-enantiomer of tryptophan. It has a role as an antidepressant, a nutraceutical, a micronutrient, a plant metabolite, a human metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and a mouse metabolite. It is an erythrose 4-phosphate/phosphoenolpyruvate family amino acid, a proteinogenic amino acid, a tryptophan and a L-alpha-amino acid. It is a conjugate base of a L-tryptophanium. It is a conjugate acid of a L-tryptophanate. It is an enantiomer of a D-tryptophan. It is a tautomer of a L-tryptophan zwitterion.

SMILES: N[C@@H](Cc1c[nH]c2ccccc12)C(=O)O

SELFIES: [N][C@@H1][Branch1][#C][C][C][=C][NH1][C][=C][C][=C][C][=C][Ring1][=Branch2][Ring1][=Branch1][C][=Branch1][C][=O][O]

InChI: InChI=1S/C11H12N2O2/c12-9(11(14)15)5-7-6-13-10-4-2-1-3-8(7)10/h1-4,6,9,13H,5,12H2,(H,14,15)/t9-/m0/s1

Molecular Properties:
- Polar Surface Area: 79.1 Ų
- LogP: -1.1