Compound
N-benzoylglycine
An α-amino-acid anion that is the conjugate base of N-benzoylglycine; major species at pH 7.3.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:606565), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
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- Class
- Organic compound, anion
- Formula
- C9H8NO3
- Mass
- 178.167 g/mol
- Charge
- -1
- InChIKey
- QIAFMBKCNZACKA-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- SMILES
- O=C([O-])CNC(=O)c1ccccc1
- Look it up
- ChEBIPubChemBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI, geometry from PubChem. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
4 entities
4 entities reached.
0 reported hops4 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
5 statements
5 statements · 2 reference databases · Subject: N-benzoylglycine · Sources: Human-GEM, Rhea
- N-benzoylglycine is metabolised by COMTProteinHuman-GEM MAR09474Inferred only
- N-benzoylglycine is a substrate of GLYATProteinRhea RHEA:18493Inferred only
- N-benzoylglycine is a substrate of LRTOMTProteinHuman-GEM MAR09474Inferred only
- N-benzoylglycine is transported by SLC22A6ProteinRhea RHEA:75991Inferred only
- N-benzoylglycine is transported by SLC22A8ProteinRhea RHEA:75991Inferred only
Reactions
8 reactions
N-benzoylglycine+S-adenosyl-L-methionineproton+MAM02654c+CHEBI:16680
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 2.1.1.6cytosol
Human-GEM MAR09474CC BY 4.0Reference data
N-benzoylglycineN-benzoylglycine
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedcytosol, extracellular space
Human-GEM MAR09930CC BY 4.0Reference data
glycine+MAM03485mCHEBI:1146900+proton+N-benzoylglycine
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedmitochondrial matrix
Human-GEM MAR10458CC BY 4.0Reference data
Reaction pageReversibleBalance undeterminableextracellular space
Human-GEM MAR10474CC BY 4.0Reference data
N-benzoylglycineN-benzoylglycine
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedmitochondrial matrix, cytosol
Human-GEM MAR11288CC BY 4.0Reference data
N-benzoylglycine+waterbenzoic acid+glycine
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:10424CC BY 4.0Reference data
benzoyl-CoA+glycineN-benzoylglycine+coenzyme A(4-)+hydron
Catalysed by GLYAT
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:18493CC BY 4.0Reference data
N-benzoylglycine+a dicarboxylateN-benzoylglycine+a dicarboxylate
Transported by SLC22A6 or SLC22A8
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:75991CC BY 4.0Reference data
Where it reaches
1 system, 1 region, 1 tissue, 1 transporter route — routes, not measurements: transporters known to carry N-benzoylglycine are expressed there, and no source reports it arriving.
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Other names
6 names
Resolves to: N-benzoylglycine
- Also called
- 2-benzamidoacetatehippurateN-benzoylglycinate anionN-benzoylglycinate(1-)N-benzoylglycinate(1−)
- Systematic name
- (benzoylamino)acetate