Compound
N-acetylcysteamine
A member of the class of acetamides that is the N-acetyl-deriavtive of cysteamine.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:74410), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
CHEBI:74410ChEBI
Structure
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- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C4H9NOS
- Mass
- 119.189 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- AXFZADXWLMXITO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CC(=O)NCCS
- Look it up
- ChEBIPubChemBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI, geometry from PubChem. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
2 entities
2 entities reached.
0 reported hops2 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
2 statements
2 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: N-acetylcysteamine · Sources: Rhea
- N-acetylcysteamine is a substrate of PPT1ProteinRhea RHEA:84099Inferred only
- N-acetylcysteamine is a substrate of PPT2ProteinRhea RHEA:84099Inferred only
Reactions
1 reaction
S-hexadecanoyl-N-acetylcysteamine+waterN-acetylcysteamine+hexadecanoate+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:84099CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: N-acetylcysteamine
- Also called
- 2-Acetamidoethanethiol
- Systematic name
- N-(2-sulfanylethyl)acetamide