BIOPEP-UWM: Report

ID 608
Name Carnosine – umami peptide
sequence
{βA}H

Function:
Umami taste
 
Number of residues
2
Activity code
um
Activity :
umami
Chemical mass 226.2319 Monoisotopic mass 226.1063
EC50 :
0.00 µM



Bibliographic data:
Authors
López Martínez M. I., Hopf A., Salvador A., Toldrá F., Forde C., Mora L.
Title
Comprehensive taste profile assessment of underexplored amino acids and protein derivatives in umami and koku. Foods, 15, 1826, 2026
Year Source
2026



Additional information:
BIOPEP-UWM database of sensory peptides and amino acids


SMILES: NCCC(=O)N[C@@H](CC1=CN=C[NH]1)C(=O)O

InChI=1S/C9H14N4O3/c10-2-1-8(14)13-7(9(15)16)3-6-4-11-5-12-6/h4-5,7H,1-3,10H2,(H,11,12)(H,13,14)(H,15,16)/t7-/m0/s1

InChIKey=CQOVPNPJLQNMDC-ZETCQYMHSA-N


{βA} – β-Alanine; ID 103 in the BIOPEP-UWM repository of amino acids and modifications


Antioxidative peptide according to the ChEMBL database
Copper-binding peptide according to the ChEMBL database
Glycation suppressing peptide according to the ChEMBL database
Neuroprotective peptide according to the ChEMBL database
Antiviral peptide according to the ChEMBL database



Database reference:
AraCyc: Compound CARNOSINE

BiGG: ID 1800369

BindingDB: ID 50485554

BioCyc: ID CARNOSINE

Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank: ID bmse000246, bmse00100,
2bmst000187

BRENDA: Ligand carnosine

CAS: Registry No 305-84-0

ChEBI: ID 15727

ChEMBL: ID CHEMBL242948

Chemspider: ID 388363

DrugBank: ID DB11695

DSigDB: ID d4boss_1131

ECHA: ID 206-169-9

E. coli Metabolome Database: ID ECMDB00033

EPA CompTox: ID DTXSID80879594

FooDB: ID FDB012937

HMDB: ID HMDB0000033

J-GLOBAL: ID 202307015684453006

KEGG: ID C00386

MarkerDB: ID MDB00000016

MassBank: ID KNA00109_eu, KNA00109_jp, KNA00110_euKNA0011

MeSH: Terms Carnosine, beta-Alanylhistidine, L-Carnosine

MetaboLights: ID MTBLC15727

Metabolomics Workbench: ID 37037

Nikkaji: ID J5.496H

PDB: ID 8V0

PubChem: CID 439224

Sabio-RK: ID 5064

SureChEMBL: ID 33769

UniChem: ID 548303

UNII: ID 8HO6PVN24W

Wikidata: ID Q413822

YMDB: ID YMDB01555