An amino sulfonic acid that is the 2-amino derivative of ethanesulfonic acid. It is a naturally occurring amino acid derived from methionine and cysteine metabolism. An abundant component of fish- and meat-based foods, it has been used as an oral supplement in the treatment of disorders such as cystic fibrosis and hypertension.
Synonyms: Taurine 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid
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Term information
database
cross reference
- KEGG:C00245
- KEGG:D00047
- HMDB:HMDB0000251
- Wikipedia:Taurine
- KNApSAcK:C00048188
- PDBeChem:TAU
- MetaCyc:TAURINE
- DrugBank:DB01956
Subsets
3_STAR
has related synonym
2-aminoethyl sulfonate
beta-aminoethylsulfonic acid
2-Aminoethanesulfonic acid
Aminoethylsulfonic acid
Term relations
Subclass of:
- amino sulfonic acid
- has role some mouse metabolite
- has role some nutrient
- is_tautomer_of some taurine zwitterion
- has role some Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite
- has role some Escherichia coli metabolite
- has role some antioxidant
- has role some glycine receptor agonist
- has role some human metabolite
- is_conjugate_acid_of some 2-aminoethanesulfonate
- has role some radical scavenger