Compound
L-selenocystathionine
An amino acid zwitterion arising from transfer of two protons from the carboxy to the amino groups of L-selenocystathionine; major species at pH 7.3.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:62226), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
CHEBI:62226ChEBI
Structure
No three-dimensional record for this entry.
- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C7H14N2O4Se
- Mass
- 269.159 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- ZNWYDQPOUQRDLY-WHFBIAKZSA-N
- SMILES
- [NH3+][C@@H](CC[Se]C[C@H]([NH3+])C(=O)[O-])C(=O)[O-]
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
1 entity
1 entities reached.
0 reported hops1 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
1 statement
1 statement · 1 reference database · Subject: L-selenocystathionine · Sources: Rhea
- L-selenocystathionine is a substrate of CTHProteinRhea RHEA:31151Inferred only
Reactions
1 reaction
L-selenocystathionine+waterL-selenocysteine+2-oxobutanoate+ammonium
Catalysed by CTH
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:31151CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: L-selenocystathionine
- Also called
- (2S)-2-ammonio-4-{[(2R)-2-ammonio-2-carboxylatoethyl]selanyl}butanoate
- Systematic name
- (2S)-2-azaniumyl-4-{[(2R)-2-azaniumyl-2-carboxylatoethyl]selanyl}butanoate