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selenohomocystine

CHEBI:27461 ·resolve ·ANTIBACTERIAL ·EXACT SEEDED

A diselenide resulting from the dehydrogenation reaction between two units of 2-amino-4-selanylbutanoic acid. — ChEBI

Classification

Strictly broader compounds or drug classes this molecule belongs to.

• CHEBI:26629 CHEBI:26629
• CHEBI:47026 CHEBI:47026

Chemical structure

Computed structure properties

Molecular formula	C8H16N2O4Se2
Charge	0
Average mass	362.146 Da
Monoisotopic mass	363.94405 Da
Source	ChEBI
InChIKey	NBQXBIDZPLKFHR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

NC(CC[Se][Se]CCC(N)C(=O)O)C(=O)O

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H16N2O4Se2/c9-5(7(11)12)1-3-15-16-4-2-6(10)8(13)14/h5-6H,1-4,9-10H2,(H,11,12)(H,13,14)

Also called

• 4,4'-diselane-1,2-diylbis(2-aminobutanoic acid) (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 4,4'-diselenobis(2-aminobutanoic acid) (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi
• 4,4'-diselenobis(2-aminobutyric acid) (EXACT_SYNONYM)— chebi

Cross-references

Equivalent identifiers for this same structure in other resources.

• cas:7776-33-2
• foodb.food:FDB007913
• kegg.compound:C05707
• knapsack:C00015218
• reaxys:1798698

Activity roles

Every antimicrobial role a source asserts for this compound — the unreduced evidence behind its antimicrobial_class.

• CHEBI:33282 CHEBI:33282

Source concepts

Every upstream concept that resolved to this record. The merge is the product: this is what shows ChEBI and CARD are describing the same structure.

Upstream concepts merged into this record

Source	Native ID	Label	Minted CURIE	Version
CHEBI	CHEBI:27461	selenohomocystine	antibioticmech:chebi-3f35c94970	2026-08-30

Curation history

1. SEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Seeded from data/raw/ inventories (CHEBI)

2. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

3. RESEEDED_FROM_SOURCES 2026-08-30 · seed_from_sources

   Re-seeded from updated data/raw/ inventories

Provenance

Seeded by scripts/seed_from_sources.py from the committed inventories in data/raw/. View the record.