carnosine

Structure

Identity from ChEBI, geometry from PubChem. Not evidence.

What it touches on the way

What the reference databases state

• carnosine+S-adenosyl-L-methionine→anserine+S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine+hydron

  Catalysed by CARNMT1

  Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced

  Rhea RHEA:14205CC BY 4.0Reference data

• beta-alanine+L-histidine+ATP(4-)→carnosine+ADP(3-)+hydrogenphosphate+hydron

  Catalysed by CARNS1

  Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced

  Rhea RHEA:19297CC BY 4.0Reference data

• carnosine+water→beta-alanine+L-histidine

  Catalysed by CNDP1

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  Rhea RHEA:59360CC BY 4.0Reference data

• carnosine+hydron→carnosine+hydron

  Transported by SLC15A1

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  Rhea RHEA:64404CC BY 4.0Reference data

• carnosine+2hydron→carnosine+2hydron

  Transported by SLC15A2

  Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced

  Rhea RHEA:76191CC BY 4.0Reference data

• carnosine←carnosine

  Transported by SLC22A15

  Reaction pageRight to leftBalanced

  Rhea RHEA:76267CC BY 4.0Reference data

• carnosine+nhydron→carnosine+nhydron

  Transported by SLC15A3 or SLC15A4

  Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable

  Rhea RHEA:76383CC BY 4.0Reference data

On the label

Label record: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements · CC0

Where it reaches

8 systems, 10 regions, 20 tissues, 20 transporter routes — routes, not measurements: transporters known to carry carnosine are expressed there, and no source reports it arriving.

Resolves to: carnosine

Also called

(2S)-2-[(3-azaniumylpropanoyl)amino]-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoate

Systematic name

N(alpha)-(beta-alaniniumyl)-L-histidinateNα-(β-alaniniumyl)-L-histidinate