3-Methylornithine

3-Methylornithine
Names
	Other names 5-Aminoisoleucine
Identifiers
CAS Number	1224728-50-0;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChemSpider	26001508;
KEGG	C20277;
PubChem CID	87372817;
UNII	VA9MPN8J47 ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID901045789 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C6H14N2O2/c1-4(2-3-7)5(8)6(9)10/h4-5H,2-3,7-8H2,1H3,(H,9,10)/t4-,5-/m1/s1 Key: HYUPFEBCCJWDJX-RFZPGFLSSA-N; InChI=1/C6H14N2O2/c1-4(2-3-7)5(8)6(9)10/h4-5H,2-3,7-8H2,1H3,(H,9,10)/t4-,5-/m1/s1 Key: HYUPFEBCCJWDJX-RFZPGFLSBQ;
	SMILES C[C@H](CCN)[C@H](C(=O)O)N;
Properties
Chemical formula	C6H14N2O2
Molar mass	146.190 g·mol−1
Appearance	White solid
Density	1.121 g/cm3
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references

3-Methylornithine is an amino acid with the formula H₂N(CH₂)₂CH(CH₃)CH(NH₂)CO₂H. This amino acid contains two stereogenic centers, but only one stereoisomer (namely (3R)-3-methyl-D-ornithine) occurs in nature. It is produced from lysine by the action of the enzyme methylornithine synthase. The combination of lysine and 3-methylornithine, also mediated enzymatically, produces pyrrolysine, which, for some organisms, is a 22nd genetically coded amino acid.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Gaston, Marsha A.; Jiang, Ruisheng; Krzycki, Joseph A. "Functional Context, Biosynthesis, and Genetic Encoding of Pyrrolysine" Current Opinion in Microbiology 2011, vol. 14, pp. 342-349. doi:10.1016/j.mib.2011.04.001
^ Quitterer, F.; Beck, P.; Bacher, A.; Groll, M., "Structure and Reaction Mechanism of Pyrrolysine Synthase (PylD)", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, volume 52, pp. 7033-7037. doi:10.1002/anie.201301164