Glycine
La glycine (Gly ou G) stands as an α-amino acid and is one of the twenty-two proteinogenic amino acids. Its messenger RNA is encoded by the codons GGU, GGC, GGA, and GGG. Glycine represents the simplest of the α-amino acids, devoid of any asymmetric carbon atoms, with a van der Waals radius measuring 48 Å. Its non-chiral nature distinguishes it in the realm of protein amino acid production. With its minimal side chain comprising solely a hydrogen atom, it demonstrates adaptability to both hydrophilic and hydrophobic environments. Additionally, "Glycine" serves as the genus name for the soybean plant (species name: Glycine max).
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Synonyms :
- GLYCINE
- Gly
- G
Config Rule :
config(glycine,[
substituent(aminoacid_L_backbone),
substituent(hyd),
linkage(from(aminoacid_L_backbone,car(1)),
to(hyd,hyd(1)),
nil,single)]).
%%%% Substituent Config Rules for compound glycine %%%%
config(aminoacid_L_backbone,[
left(amino),
right(hyd),
top(carboxyl),
center(car(1))]).
Smiles String :
[C@2H2]([C](=[O])[O-])[NH3+] glycine
Fischer Diagram :
Terminal :
% glycine
c(1,12,(0,nonchiral))-[c(2,left)~,h(1,right)~,h(5,up)~,n(1,down)~],
c(2,12,(0,nonchiral))-[o(1,nil)?,c(1,right)~,o(2,nil)?],
h(1,1,(0,nonchiral))-[c(1,left)~],
h(2,1,(0,nonchiral))-[n(1,right)~],
h(3,1,(0,nonchiral))-[n(1,up)~],
h(4,1,(0,nonchiral))-[n(1,left)~],
h(5,1,(0,nonchiral))-[c(1,down)~],
n(1,14,(1,nonchiral))-[h(2,left)~,h(4,right)~,c(1,up)~,h(3,down)~],
o(1,16,(-5.0E-01,nonchiral))-[c(2,nil)?],
o(2,16,(-5.0E-01,nonchiral))-[c(2,nil)?]
The Terminals for all the Config Rules are in Prolog Definite Clause Grammar (DCG) form.They can be checked in the Manual here.
The compound's PDB file can be seen here.