Misplaced Pages

Methylarginine: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Browse history interactively ← Previous edit Next edit →Content deleted Content addedVisual WikitextInline

Revision as of 17:00, 3 August 2011 editYikrazuul (talk \| contribs)Rollbackers1,991 edits svg← Previous edit		Revision as of 17:00, 11 November 2011 edit undoLouisajb (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users4,402 edits added chembl idNext edit →
Line 9:		Line 9:
	\| CASNo=17035-90-4		\| CASNo=17035-90-4
	\| PubChem=132862		\| PubChem=132862
			\| ChEMBL = 256147
	\| SMILES=CN=C(N)NCCC(C(=O)O)N		\| SMILES=CN=C(N)NCCC(C(=O)O)N
	}}		}}

Revision as of 17:00, 11 November 2011

Methylarginine
Names

IUPAC name (2S)-2-Amino-5-pentanoic acid
Other names Targinina; Targininum; Targinine; omega-N-Methylarginine; L-Monomethylarginine; N-Methyl-L-arginine; N-Monomethyl-L-arginine; NG-monomethyl-L-arginine
Identifiers
CAS Number	17035-90-4
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
Abbreviations	L-NMMA
ChEMBL	ChEMBL256147
PubChem CID	132862
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID50860196
SMILES CN=C(N)NCCC(C(=O)O)N
Properties
Chemical formula	C₇H₁₆N₄O₂
Molar mass	188.23 g/mol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). Y verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Chemical compound

N-Methylarginine is an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase. Chemically, it is a methyl derivative of the amino acid arginine. It is used as a biochemical tool in the study of physiological role of nitric oxide.

See also

Asymmetric dimethylarginine

References

Toutouzas, K.; Riga, M.; Stefanadi, E.; Stefanadis, C. (2008). "Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and other endogenous nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors as an important cause of vascular insulin resistance". Hormone and Metabolic Research. 40 (9): 655–659. doi:10.1055/s-0028-1083814. PMID 18792879.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)