Glycine
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Preferred IUPAC name Glycine | |||
Systematic IUPAC name 2-Aminoethanoic acid | |||
| Other names Aminoacetic acid Glycocoll | |||
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| Abbreviations | Gly, G | ||
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EC Number | 200-272-2 | ||
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Chemical formula | C2H5NO2 | ||
Molar mass | 75.07 g·mol−1 | ||
| Appearance | White solid | ||
Density | 1.607 g/cm3 | ||
Melting point | 233 °C (451 °F; 506 K) (decomposition) | ||
Solubility in water | 24.99 g/100 mL (25 °C)[2] | ||
Solubility | soluble in pyridine sparingly soluble in ethanol insoluble in ether | ||
Acidity (pKa) | 2.34 (carboxyl), 9.6 (amino)[3] | ||
Magnetic susceptibility (χ) | -40.3·10−6 cm3/mol | ||
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ATC code | B05CX03 (WHO) | ||
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Safety data sheet | See: data page | ||
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LD50 (median dose) | 2600 mg/kg (mouse, oral) | ||
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Structure and properties | Refractive index (n), Dielectric constant (εr), etc. | ||
Thermodynamic data | Phase behaviour solid–liquid–gas | ||
Spectral data | UV, IR, NMR, MS | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |||
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Glycine (symbol Gly or G;[4]/ˈɡlaɪsiːn/)[5] is the amino acid that has a single hydrogen atom as its side chain. It is the simplest possible amino acid. The chemical formula of glycine is NH2‐CH2‐COOH. Glycine is one of the proteinogenic amino acids. It is encoded by all the codons starting with GG (GGU, GGC, GGA, GGG).
Glycine is a colorless, sweet-tasting crystalline solid. It is the only achiral proteinogenic amino acid. It can fit into hydrophilic or hydrophobic environments, due to its minimal side chain of only one hydrogen atom. The acyl radical is glycyl.
Glycine is a white crystalline solid
Contents
1 History and etymology
2 Production
3 Acid-base properties
4 Metabolism
4.1 Biosynthesis
4.2 Degradation
5 Physiological function
5.1 As a biosynthetic intermediate
5.2 As a neurotransmitter
6 Uses
6.1 Animal and human foods
6.2 Cosmetics and miscellaneous applications
6.3 Chemical feedstock
6.4 Laboratory research
6.5 Industrial Use
7 Presence in space
8 Presence in foods
9 See also
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links
History and etymology
Glycine was discovered in 1820 by the French chemist Henri Braconnot when he hydrolyzed gelatin by boiling it with sulfuric acid.[6] He originally called it "sugar of gelatin",[7][8] but the French chemist Jean-Baptiste Boussingault showed that it contained nitrogen.[9] The American scientist Eben Norton Horsford, then a student of the German chemist Justus von Liebig, proposed the name "glycocoll";[10][11] however, the Swedish chemist Berzelius suggested the simpler name "glycine".[12][13] The name comes from the Greek word γλυκύς "sweet tasting"[14] (which is also related to the prefixes glyco- and gluco-, as in glycoprotein and glucose). In 1858, the French chemist Auguste Cahours determined that glycine was an amine of acetic acid.[15]
Production
Although glycine can be isolated from hydrolyzed protein, this is not used for industrial production, as it can be manufactured more conveniently by chemical synthesis.[16] The two main processes are amination of chloroacetic acid with ammonia, giving glycine and ammonium chloride,[17] and the Strecker amino acid synthesis,[18] which is the main synthetic method in the United States and Japan.[19] About 15 thousand tonnes are produced annually in this way.[20]
Glycine is also cogenerated as an impurity in the synthesis of EDTA, arising from reactions of the ammonia coproduct.[21]
Acid-base properties
In aqueous solution, glycine itself is amphoteric: at low pH the molecule can be protonated with a pKa of about 2.4 and at high pH it loses a proton with a pKa of about 9.6 (precise values of pKa depend on temperature and ionic strength).
Metabolism
Biosynthesis
Glycine is not essential to the human diet, as it is biosynthesized in the body from the amino acid serine, which is in turn derived from 3-phosphoglycerate, but the metabolic capacity for glycine biosynthesis does not satisfy the need for collagen synthesis.[22] In most organisms, the enzyme serine hydroxymethyltransferase catalyses this transformation via the cofactor pyridoxal phosphate:[23]
- serine + tetrahydrofolate → glycine + N5,N10-Methylene tetrahydrofolate + H2O
In the liver of vertebrates, glycine synthesis is catalyzed by glycine synthase (also called glycine cleavage enzyme). This conversion is readily reversible:[23]
- CO2 + NH+
4 + N5,N10-Methylene tetrahydrofolate + NADH + H+ ⇌ Glycine + tetrahydrofolate + NAD+
Degradation
Glycine is degraded via three pathways. The predominant pathway in animals and plants is the reverse of the glycine synthase pathway mentioned above. In this context, the enzyme system involved is usually called the glycine cleavage system:[23]
- Glycine + tetrahydrofolate + NAD+ ⇌ CO2 + NH+
4 + N5,N10-Methylene tetrahydrofolate + NADH + H+
In the second pathway, glycine is degraded in two steps. The first step is the reverse of glycine biosynthesis from serine with serine hydroxymethyl transferase. Serine is then converted to pyruvate by serine dehydratase.[23]
In the third pathway of glycine degradation, glycine is converted to glyoxylate by D-amino acid oxidase. Glyoxylate is then oxidized by hepatic lactate dehydrogenase to oxalate in an NAD+-dependent reaction.[23]
The half-life of glycine and its elimination from the body varies significantly based on dose.[24] In one study, the half-life varied between 0.5 and 4.0 hours.[24]
Physiological function
The principal function of glycine is as a precursor to proteins. Most proteins incorporate only small quantities of glycine, a notable exception being collagen, which contains about 35% glycine due to its periodically repeated role in the formation of collagen's helix structure in conjunction with hydroxyproline.[23][25] In the genetic code, glycine is coded by all codons starting with GG, namely GGU, GGC, GGA and GGG.
As a biosynthetic intermediate
In higher eukaryotes, δ-aminolevulinic acid, the key precursor to porphyrins, is biosynthesized from glycine and succinyl-CoA by the enzyme ALA synthase. Glycine provides the central C2N subunit of all purines.[23]
As a neurotransmitter
Glycine is an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, especially in the spinal cord, brainstem, and retina. When glycine receptors are activated, chloride enters the neuron via ionotropic receptors, causing an Inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP). Strychnine is a strong antagonist at ionotropic glycine receptors, whereas bicuculline is a weak one. Glycine is a required co-agonist along with glutamate for NMDA receptors. In contrast to the inhibitory role of glycine in the spinal cord, this behaviour is facilitated at the (NMDA) glutamatergic receptors which are excitatory.[26] The LD50 of glycine is 7930 mg/kg in rats (oral),[27] and it usually causes death by hyperexcitability.
Uses
In the US, glycine is typically sold in two grades: United States Pharmacopeia (“USP”), and technical grade. USP grade sales account for approximately 80 to 85 percent of the U.S. market for glycine. Where the customer’s purity requirements exceed the minimum required under the USP standard, for example for some pharmaceutical applications such as intravenous injections, pharmaceutical grade glycine, often produced to proprietary specifications and typically sold at a premium over USP grade glycine, may be used. Technical grade glycine, which may or may not meet USP grade standards, is sold at a lower price for use in industrial applications, e.g., as an agent in metal complexing and finishing.[28]
Animal and human foods
USP glycine has a wide variety of uses, including as an additive in pet food and animal feed, in foods and pharmaceuticals as a sweetener/taste enhancer, or as a component of food supplements and protein drinks.
Two glycine molecules in a dipeptide form (Diglycinate) are sometimes used as a way to enhance the absorption of mineral supplementation since, only when bound to a dipeptide, can be absorbed through a different set of transporters.[29]
Cosmetics and miscellaneous applications
Glycine serves as a buffering agent in antacids, analgesics, antiperspirants, cosmetics, and toiletries.
A variety of industrial and chemical processes use glycine or its derivatives, such as the production of fertilizers and metal complexing agents.[30]
Chemical feedstock
Glycine is an intermediate in the synthesis of a variety of chemical products. It is used in the manufacture of the herbicide glyphosate.[31]
Laboratory research
Glycine is a significant component of some solutions used in the SDS-PAGE method of protein analysis. It serves as a buffering agent, maintaining pH and preventing sample damage during electrophoresis. Glycine is also used to remove protein-labeling antibodies from Western blot membranes to enable the probing of numerous proteins of interest from SDS-PAGE gel. This allows more data to be drawn from the same specimen, increasing the reliability of the data, reducing the amount of sample processing, and number of samples required. This process is known as stripping.
Industrial Use
It is widely used as an intermediate of the medicine such as thiamphenicol, as an intermediate in the production of glyphosate, as a solvent for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) in the fertilizer industry, and as the galvanizing solution in electroplating.[32]
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Presence in space
The presence of glycine outside the earth was confirmed in 2009, based on the analysis of samples that had been taken in 2004 by the NASA spacecraft Stardust from comet Wild 2 and subsequently returned to earth. Glycine had previously been identified in the Murchison meteorite in 1970.[34] The discovery of cometary glycine bolstered the theory of panspermia, which claims that the "building blocks" of life are widespread throughout the Universe.[35] In 2016, detection of glycine within Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the Rosetta spacecraft was announced.[36]
The detection of glycine outside the solar system in the interstellar medium has been debated.[37] In 2008, the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy discovered the glycine-like molecule aminoacetonitrile in the Large Molecule Heimat, a giant gas cloud near the galactic center in the constellation Sagittarius.[38]
Presence in foods
| Food | g/100g |
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| Snacks, pork skins | 11.04 |
Sesame seeds flour (low fat) | 3.43 |
| Beverages, Protein powder soy based | 2.37 |
| Seeds, safflower seed meal, partially defatted | 2.22 |
| Meat, bison, beef and others (various parts) | 1.5-2.0 |
| Gelatin desserts | 1.96 |
| Seeds, pumpkin and squash seed kernels | 1.82 |
| Turkey, all classes, back, meat and skin | 1.79 |
| Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat and skin | 1.74 |
| Pork, ground, 96% lean / 4% fat, cooked, crumbles | 1.71 |
| Bacon and beef sticks | 1.64 |
| Peanuts | 1.63 |
Crustaceans, spiny lobster | 1.59 |
| Spices, mustard seed, ground | 1.59 |
| Salami | 1.55 |
| Nuts, butternuts, dried | 1.51 |
| Fish, salmon, pink, canned, drained solids | 1.42 |
| Almonds | 1.42 |
| Fish, mackerel | 0.93 |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, granola, homemade | 0.81 |
Leeks, (bulb and lower-leaf portion), freeze-dried | 0.7 |
| Cheese, parmesan (and others), grated | 0.56 |
Soybeans, green, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt | 0.51 |
| Bread, protein (includes gluten) | 0.47 |
| Egg, whole, cooked, fried | 0.47 |
| Beans, white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt | 0.38 |
| Lentils, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, with salt | 0.37 |
See also
- Trimethylglycine
- Amino acid neurotransmitter
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Kuan YJ, Charnley SB, Huang HC, et al. (2003). "Interstellar glycine". Astrophys J. 593 (2): 848–867. Bibcode:2003ApJ...593..848K. doi:10.1086/375637.
Rachel Nowak. "Amino acid found in deep space - 18 July 2002 - New Scientist". Retrieved 2007-07-01.
External links
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"Organic Molecule, Amino Acid-Like, Found In Constellation Sagittarius". ScienceDaily. 27 March 2008.
Guochuan E. Tsai (1 December 2008). "A New Class of Antipsychotic Drugs: Enhancing Neurotransmission Mediated by NMDA Receptors". Psychiatric Times. 25 (14).
ChemSub Online (Glycine).- NASA scientists have discovered glycine, a fundamental building block of life, in samples of comet Wild 2 returned by NASA's Stardust spacecraft.
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