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taurine
Sign in to saveAlso known as aminoethylsulfonic acid, 2-aminoethane-1-sulfonic acid, 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, tauric acid, C₂H₇NO₃S
Taurine (; IUPAC: 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is a naturally occurring organic compound with the chemical formula in its non-zwitterionic form and in its zwitterionic form, and is a non-proteinogenic amino sulfonic acid widely distributed in mammalian tissues and organs. Structurally, by containing a sulfonic acid group instead of a carboxylic acid group, it is not involved in protein synthesis but is still usually referred to as an amino acid. As non-proteinogenic amino sulfonic acid, it is not encoded by the genetic code and is distinguished from the protein-building α-amino acids.
Taurine is a naturally occurring compound found throughout mammalian tissues that resembles an amino acid in structure but doesn't participate in building proteins like regular amino acids do. Because it contains a sulfonic acid group rather than a carboxylic acid group, it operates differently in the body and isn't encoded by your genes the way protein-building amino acids are.
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H7NO3S
- Molecular weight
- 125.15 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-azaniumylethanesulfonate
- SMILES
- C(CS(=O)(=O)[O-])[NH3+]
- InChIKey
- XOAAWQZATWQOTB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -4.2
- Polar surface area
- 93.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 125.015
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- Commons category
- Taurine
- canonical SMILES
- C(CS(=O)(=O)O)N
- chemical formula
- C₂H₇NO₃S
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C61962
- equivalent class
- aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_36893
- density
- 1.734
- melting point
- 305
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18 sectionsContents
- Discovery and name
- In nature
- Chemical and biochemical features
- Biosynthesis
- Chemical synthesis
- In food
- Breast milk
- Energy drinks and dietary supplements
- Research
- Safety and toxicity
- Animal dietary requirement
- Cats
- Other mammals
- Birds
- Fish
- Derivatives
- See also
- References
Taurine (; IUPAC: 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid) is a naturally occurring organic compound with the chemical formula in its non-zwitterionic form and in its zwitterionic form, and is a non-proteinogenic amino sulfonic acid widely distributed in mammalian tissues and organs. Structurally, by containing a sulfonic acid group instead of a carboxylic acid group, it is not involved in protein synthesis but is still usually referred to as an amino acid. As non-proteinogenic amino sulfonic acid, it is not encoded by the genetic code and is distinguished from the protein-building α-amino acids.
Taurine is a major constituent of bile and can be found in the large intestine. It is named after Latin , meaning bull or ox, as it was first isolated from ox bile in 1827 by German scientists Friedrich Tiedemann and Leopold Gmelin.