proteinogenic amino acid

Term ID

CHEBI:83813

Synonyms

canonical amino acid
canonical amino acids
proteinogenic amino acids

Definition

Any of the 23 alpha-amino acids that are precursors to proteins, and are incorporated into proteins during translation. The group includes the 20 amino acids encoded by the nuclear genes of eukaryotes together with selenocysteine, pyrrolysine, and N-formylmethionine. Apart from glycine, which is non-chiral, all have L configuration.

References

Wikipedia:Proteinogenic_amino_acid

Ontology

ChEBI ( EBI )

Relationships

is a type of: amino acid

amino acid Show first 5 Terms
has subtype: aspartate family amino acid erythrose 4-phosphate/phosphoenolpyruvate family amino acid glutamine family amino acid glycine L-alanine ... Show All 27 Terms

aspartate family amino acid erythrose 4-phosphate/phosphoenolpyruvate family amino acid glutamine family amino acid glycine L-alanine L-arginine L-asparagine L-aspartic acid L-cysteine L-glutamic acid L-glutamine L-histidine L-isoleucine L-leucine L-lysine L-methionine L-phenylalanine L-proline L-pyrrolysine L-selenocysteine L-serine L-threonine L-tryptophan L-tyrosine L-valine N-formyl-L-methionine pyruvate family amino acid Show first 5 Terms
inverse has_functional_parent: proteinogenic amino acid derivative

proteinogenic amino acid derivative Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype resulting from proteinogenic amino acid

Phenotype where environments contain proteinogenic amino acid

Phenotype modified by environments containing proteinogenic amino acid

Human Disease Model