Glycine

Glycine (symbol Gly or G;[1] /ˈɡlaɪsiːn/ (listen)[2]) is an organic compound with the formula C2H5NO2, and is the simplest stable amino acid, distinguished by having a single hydrogen atom as its side chain. As one of the 20 proteinogenic amino acids, glycine is a fundamental building block of proteins in all life and is encoded by all codons starting with GG (GGU, GGC, GGA, and GGG).[3][4] Because of its minimal side chain, it is the only common amino acid that is not chiral, meaning it is superimposable on its mirror image.[5][6]

In the body, glycine plays several crucial roles. Its small and flexible structure is vital for the formation of certain protein structures, most notably in collagen, where glycine makes up about 35% of the amino acid content and enables the tight coiling of the collagen triple helix.[3][7] Glycine disrupts the formation of alpha-helices in secondary protein structure, in favor instead of random coils.[8] Beyond its structural role, glycine functions as an inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system,[9] particularly in the spinal cord and brainstem, where it helps regulate motor and sensory signals. Disruption of glycine signaling can lead to severe neurological disorders and motor dysfunction;[10] for example, the tetanus toxin causes spastic paralysis by blocking glycine release.[11] It also serves as a key precursor for the synthesis of other important biomolecules, including the porphyrins that form heme in blood and the purines used to build DNA and RNA.[3]

Glycine is a white, sweet-tasting crystalline solid, leading to its name from Greek word glykys (Greek: γλυκύς) or "sweet".[12][2] While the body can synthesize it, it is also obtained from the diet and produced industrially by chemical synthesis for use as a food additive, a nutritional supplement, and an intermediate in the manufacture of products such as the herbicide glyphosate.[13] Glycine can fit into hydrophobic environments due to its minimal side chain.[14]

## Contents

* 1 History and etymology
* 2 Production
* 3 Structure
* 4 Chemical reactions
* 5 Metabolism
* 5.1 Biosynthesis
* 5.2 Degradation
* 6 Physiological function
* 6.1 As a biosynthetic intermediate
* 6.2 As a neurotransmitter
* 6.3 As a toxin conjugation agent
* 7 Uses
* 7.1 Animal and human foods
* 7.2 Chemical feedstock
* 7.3 Laboratory research
* 8 Presence in space
* 9 Evolution
* 10 Presence in foods
* 11 See also
* 12 References
* 13 Further reading
* 14 External links

## History and etymology

Glycine was discovered in 1820 by French chemist Henri Braconnot when he hydrolyzed gelatin by boiling it with sulfuric acid.[15] He originally called it "sugar of gelatin",[16][17] but French chemist Jean-Baptiste Boussingault showed in 1838 that it contained nitrogen.[18] In 1847 American scientist Eben Norton Horsford, then a student of the German chemist Justus von Liebig, proposed the name "glycocoll";[19][20] however, the Swedish chemist Berzelius suggested the simpler current name a year later.[21][22] The name comes from the Greek word γλυκύς "sweet tasting"[23] (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.[24]

## Production

Although glycine can be isolated from hydrolyzed proteins, this route is not used for industrial production, as it can be manufactured more conveniently by chemical synthesis.[25] The two main processes are amination of chloroacetic acid with ammonia, giving glycine and hydrochloric acid,[26] and the Strecker amino acid synthesis,[27] which is the main synthetic method in the United States and Japan.[28] About 15 thousand tonnes are produced annually in this way.[29]

Glycine is also co-generated as an impurity in the synthesis of EDTA, arising from reactions of the ammonia co-product.[30]

## Structure

In aqueous solutions, glycine exists predominantly as a zwitterion (H3N+CH2COO-), a polar molecule with both a positive and negative charge.[31] The zwitterion form is stabilized by hydrogen bonding with solvent water molecules.[32] Analysis of neutron diffraction data for glycine showed that it was in the zwitterionic form in the solid state and confirmed the presence of hydrogen bonds.[33] Theoretical calculations have been used to show that zwitterions may also be present in the gas phase for some cases different from the simple carboxylic acid-to-amine transfer.[34]

## Chemical reactions

Its acid–base properties are most important. In aqueous solution, glycine is amphoteric: below pH = 2.4, it converts to the ammonium cation called glycinium. Above about pH 9.6, it converts to glycinate.

As a bifunctional molecule, glycine reacts with many reagents. These can be classified into N-centered and carboxylate-center reactions.

Glycine functions as a bidentate ligand for many metal ions, forming amino acid complexes.[35] Representative complexes include iron glycinate, copper glycinate, and zinc glycinate.

With acid chlorides, glycine converts to the amidocarboxylic acid, such as hippuric acid[36] and acetylglycine.[37] With nitrous acid, one obtains glycolic acid (van Slyke determination). With methyl iodide, the amine becomes quaternized to give trimethylglycine, a natural product:

H3N+CH2COO− \+ 3 CH3I → (CH3)3N+CH2COO− \+ 3 HI

Glycine condenses with itself to give peptides, beginning with the formation of glycylglycine:[38]

2 H3N+CH2COO− → H3N+CH2CONHCH2COO− \+ H2O

Pyrolysis of glycine or glycylglycine gives 2,5-diketopiperazine, the cyclic diamide.[39]

Glycine forms esters with alcohols. They are often isolated as their hydrochloride, such as glycine methyl ester hydrochloride. Otherwise, the free ester tends to convert to diketopiperazine.

## Metabolism

### Biosynthesis

Glycine is not strictly essential to the human diet, as it is biosynthesized in the body. However, it is considered semi-essential in that the amount that can be biosynthesized is insufficient for all metabolic uses.[40]

It can be synthesized from the amino acid serine, which is in turn derived from 3-phosphoglycerate. In most organisms, the enzyme serine hydroxymethyltransferase catalyses this transformation via the cofactor pyridoxal phosphate:[41]

serine + tetrahydrofolate → glycine + N5,N10-methylene tetrahydrofolate \+ H2O

In E. coli, antibiotics that target folate depletes the supply of active tetrahydrofolates, halting glycine biosynthesis as a consequence.[42]

In the liver of vertebrates, glycine synthesis is catalyzed by glycine synthase (also called glycine cleavage enzyme). This conversion is readily reversible:[41]

CO2 \+ NH+4 \+ N5,N10-methylene tetrahydrofolate + NADH \+ H+ ⇌ Glycine + tetrahydrofolate + NAD+

In addition to being synthesized from serine, glycine can also be derived from threonine, choline or hydroxyproline via inter-organ metabolism of the liver and kidneys.[43]

### 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:[41]

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.[41]

In the third pathway of its 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.[41]

The half-life of glycine and its elimination from the body varies significantly based on dose.[44] In one study, the half-life varied between 0.5 and 4.0 hours.[44]

## Physiological function

The principal function of glycine is it acts 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.[41][45] In the genetic code, glycine is coded by all codons starting with GG, namely GGU, GGC, GGA and GGG.[4]

### 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.[41]

### 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.[46] The -1">50 of glycine is 7930 mg/kg in rats (oral),[47] and it usually causes death by hyperexcitability.

### As a toxin conjugation agent

Glycine conjugation pathway has not been fully investigated.[48] Glycine is thought to be a hepatic detoxifier of a number of endogenous and xenobiotic organic acids.[49] Bile acids are normally conjugated to glycine in order to increase their solubility in water.[50]

The human body rapidly clears sodium benzoate by combining it with glycine to form hippuric acid which is then excreted.[51] The metabolic pathway for this begins with the conversion of benzoate by butyrate-CoA ligase into an intermediate product, benzoyl-CoA,[52] which is then metabolized by glycine N-acyltransferase into hippuric acid.[53]

## 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. If purity greater than the USP standard is needed, for example for intravenous injections, a more expensive pharmaceutical grade glycine can 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.[54]

### Animal and human foods

Structure of cis-Cu(glycinate)2(H2O)[55]

Glycine is not widely used in foods for its nutritional value, except in infusions. Instead, glycine's role in food chemistry is as a flavorant. It is mildly sweet, and it counters the aftertaste of saccharine. It also has preservative properties, perhaps owing to its complexation to metal ions. Metal glycinate complexes, e.g. copper(II) glycinate are used as supplements for animal feeds.[29]

As of 1971[update], the U.S. Food and Drug Administration "no longer regards glycine and its salts as generally recognized as safe for use in human food",[56] and only permits food uses of glycine under certain conditions.[57]

Glycine has been researched for its potential to extend life.[58][59] The proposed mechanisms of this effect are its ability to clear methionine from the body, and activating autophagy.[58]

### Chemical feedstock

Glycine is an intermediate in the synthesis of a variety of chemical products. It is used in the manufacture of the herbicides glyphosate,[60] iprodione, glyphosine, imiprothrin, and eglinazine.[29] It is used as an intermediate of antibiotics such as thiamphenicol.[61]

### 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.[62] 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.[63] This process is known as stripping.

## 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.[64] The discovery of glycine in outer space bolstered the hypothesis of so-called soft-panspermia, which claims that the "building blocks" of life are widespread throughout the universe.[65] In 2016, detection of glycine within Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko by the Rosetta spacecraft was announced.[66]

The detection of glycine outside the Solar System in the interstellar medium has been debated.[67]

## Evolution

Glycine is proposed to be defined by early genetic codes.[68][69][70][71] For example, low complexity regions (in proteins), that may resemble the proto-peptides of the early genetic code are highly enriched in glycine.[71]

## Presence in foods

Food sources of glycine[72] Food  | Percentage
content
by weight
(g/100g)

|

Dry unsweetened gelatin powder | 19
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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## Further reading

* "Determination of refractive index and layer thickness of nm-thin films via ellipsometry". Optics Express 25 (22): 27077–27085. October 2017. doi:10.1086/375637. PMID 29092189. Bibcode: 2003ApJ...593..848K.
* Nowak, Rachel (18 July 2002). "Amino acid found in deep space". New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2558-amino-acid-found-in-deep-space/.
* "A New Class of Antipsychotic Drugs: Enhancing Neurotransmission Mediated by NMDA Receptors". Psychiatric Times 25 (14). 1 December 2008. http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/display/article/10168/1357569. Retrieved 23 January 2009.
* "Organic Molecule, Amino Acid-Like, Found In Constellation Sagittarius". ScienceDaily (Press release). Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. 27 March 2008.

## External links

* Glycine MS Spectrum
* Glycine
* Glycine cleavage system
* Glycine Therapy – A New Direction for Schizophrenia Treatment?
* 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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Encoded (proteinogenic) amino acids

General topics|

* Protein
* Peptide
* Genetic code

By properties|

| Aliphatic|

* [[Chemistry:Branched-chain amino Branched-chain amino acid]]s (Valine
* Isoleucine
* Leucine)
* Methionine
* Alanine
* Proline
* Glycine

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Aromatic|

* Phenylalanine
* Tyrosine
* Tryptophan
* Histidine

Polar, uncharged|

* Asparagine
* Glutamine
* Serine
* Threonine

Positive charge (pKa)|

* Lysine (≈10.8)
* Arginine (≈12.5)
* Histidine (≈6.1)

Negative charge (pKa)|

* Aspartic acid (≈3.9)
* Glutamic acid (≈4.1)
* Cysteine (≈8.3)
* Tyrosine (≈10.1)

* Amino acids types: Encoded (proteins)
* Essential
* Non-proteinogenic
* Ketogenic
* Glucogenic
* Imino acids
* D-amino acids
* Dehydroamino acids

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Amino acid metabolism metabolic intermediates

K→acetyl-CoA|

| lysine→|

* Saccharopine
* Allysine
* α-Aminoadipic acid
* α-Ketoadipate
* Glutaryl-CoA
* Glutaconyl-CoA
* Crotonyl-CoA
* β-Hydroxybutyryl-CoA

|

leucine→|

* β-Hydroxy β-methylbutyric acid
* β-Hydroxy β-methylbutyryl-CoA
* Isovaleryl-CoA
* α-Ketoisocaproic acid
* β-Ketoisocaproic acid
* β-Ketoisocaproyl-CoA
* β-Leucine
* β-Methylcrotonyl-CoA
* β-Methylglutaconyl-CoA
* β-Hydroxy β-methylglutaryl-CoA

tryptophan→alanine→|

* N'-Formylkynurenine
* Kynurenine
* Anthranilic acid
* 3-Hydroxykynurenine
* 3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid
* 2-Amino-3-carboxymuconic semialdehyde
* 2-Aminomuconic semialdehyde
* 2-Aminomuconic acid
* Glutaryl-CoA

| G→pyruvate→citrate|

| glycine→serine→|

* 3-Phosphoglyceric acid

* glycine→creatine: Glycocyamine
* Phosphocreatine
* Creatinine

|

G→glutamate→
α-ketoglutarate|

| histidine→|

* Urocanic acid
* Imidazol-4-one-5-propionic acid
* Formiminoglutamic acid
* Glutamate-1-semialdehyde

|

proline→|

* 1-Pyrroline-5-carboxylic acid

arginine→|

* Agmatine
* Ornithine
* Citrulline
* Cadaverine
* Putrescine

other|

* cysteine+glutamate→glutathione: γ-Glutamylcysteine

G→propionyl-CoA→
succinyl-CoA|

| valine→|

* α-Ketoisovaleric acid
* Isobutyryl-CoA
* Methacrylyl-CoA
* 3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA
* 3-Hydroxyisobutyric acid
* 2-Methyl-3-oxopropanoic acid

|

isoleucine→|

* 2,3-Dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid
* 2-Methylbutyryl-CoA
* Tiglyl-CoA
* 2-Methylacetoacetyl-CoA

methionine→|

* generation of homocysteine: S-Adenosyl methionine
* S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine
* Homocysteine

* conversion to cysteine: Cystathionine
* α-Ketobutyric acid+Cysteine

threonine→|

* α-Ketobutyric acid

propionyl-CoA→|

* Methylmalonyl-CoA

G→fumarate|

| [[Chemistry:Phenylphenylalanine]]→tyrosine→|

* 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid
* Homogentisic acid
* 4-Maleylacetoacetic acid

|

G→oxaloacetate|

* see urea cycle

Other|

| Cysteine metabolism|

* Cysteine sulfinic acid

|

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Neurotransmitters

Amino acid-derived|

| Major excitatory/inhibitory systems|

| Glutamate system|

* Agmatine
* Aspartic acid (aspartate)
* Glutamic acid (glutamate)
* Glutathione
* Glycine
* GSNO
* GSSG
* Kynurenic acid
* NAA
* NAAG
* Proline
* Serine

|

GABA system|

* GABA
* GABOB
* GHB

Glycine system|

* α-Alanine
* β-Alanine
* Glycine
* Hypotaurine
* Proline
* Sarcosine
* Serine
* Taurine

GHB system|

* GHB
* T-HCA (GHC)

Biogenic amines|

| Monoamines|

* 6-OHM
* Dopamine
* Epinephrine (adrenaline)
* NAS (normelatonin)
* Norepinephrine (noradrenaline)
* Serotonin (5-HT)

|

Trace amines|

* 3-Iodothyronamine
* N-Methylphenethylamine
* N-Methyltryptamine
* m-Octopamine
* p-Octopamine
* Phenylethanolamine
* Phenethylamine
* Synephrine
* Tryptamine
* m-Tyramine
* p-Tyramine

Others|

* Histamine

Neuropeptides|

* See here instead.

Lipid-derived|

| Endocannabinoids|

* 2-AG
* 2-AGE (noladin ether)
* 2-ALPI
* 2-OG
* AA-5-HT
* Anandamide (AEA)
* DEA
* LPI
* NADA
* NAGly
* OEA
* Oleamide
* PEA
* RVD-Hpα
* SEA
* Virodhamine (O-AEA)

|

Neurosteroids|

* See here instead.

Nucleobase-derived|

| Nucleosides|

| Adenosine system|

* Adenosine
* ADP
* AMP
* ATP

|

Vitamin-derived|

| Cholinergic system|

* Acetylcholine

|

Miscellaneous|

| Gasotransmitters|

* Carbon monoxide (CO)
* Hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
* Nitric oxide (NO)

|

Candidates|

* Acetaldehyde
* Ammonia (NH3)
* Carbonyl sulfide (COS)
* Nitrous oxide (N2O)
* Sulfur dioxide (SO2)

|

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Glycine receptor modulators

Receptor
(ligands)|

| GlyR|

* Agonists: β-Alanine
* β-ABA (BABA)
* β-AIBA
* Caesium
* D-Alanine
* D-Serine
* GABA
* Glycine
* Hypotaurine
* Ivermectin
* L-Alanine
* L-Proline
* L-Serine
* L-Threonine
* MDL-27531
* Milacemide
* Picolinic acid
* Propofol
* Quisqualamine
* Sarcosine
* Taurine

* Positive modulators: Alcohols (e.g., brometone, chlorobutanol (chloretone), ethanol (alcohol), tert-butanol (2M2P), tribromoethanol, trichloroethanol, trifluoroethanol)
* Alkylbenzene sulfonate
* Anandamide
* Barbiturates (e.g., pentobarbital, sodium thiopental)
* Chlormethiazole
* D12-116
* Dihydropyridines (e.g., nicardipine)
* Etomidate
* Ginseng constituents (e.g., ginsenosides (e.g., ginsenoside-Rf))
* Glutamic acid (glutamate)
* Ivermectin
* Ketamine
* Neuroactive steroids (e.g., alfaxolone, pregnenolone (eltanolone), pregnenolone acetate, minaxolone, ORG-20599)
* Nitrous oxide
* Penicillin G
* Propofol
* Tamoxifen
* Tetrahydrocannabinol
* Triclofos
* Tropeines (e.g., atropine, bemesetron, cocaine, LY-278584, tropisetron, zatosetron)
* Volatiles/gases (e.g., chloral hydrate, chloroform, desflurane, diethyl ether (ether), enflurane, halothane, isoflurane, methoxyflurane, sevoflurane, toluene, trichloroethane (methyl chloroform), trichloroethylene)
* Xenon
* Zinc

* Antagonists: 2-Aminostrychnine
* 2-Nitrostrychnine
* 4-Phenyl-4-formyl-N-methylpiperidine
* αEMBTL
* Bicuculline
* Brucine
* Cacotheline
* Caffeine
* Colchicine
* Colubrine
* Cyanotriphenylborate
* Dendrobine
* Diaboline
* Endocannabinoids (e.g., 2-AG, anandamide (AEA))
* Gaboxadol (THIP)
* Gelsemine
* iso-THAZ
* Isobutyric acid
* Isonipecotic acid
* Isostrychnine
* Laudanosine
* N-Methylbicuculline
* N-Methylstrychnine
* N,N-Dimethylmuscimol
* Nipecotic acid
* Pitrazepin
* Pseudostrychnine
* Quinolines (e.g., 4-hydroxyquinoline, 4-hydroxyquinoline-3-carboxylic acid, 5,7-CIQA, 7-CIQ, 7-TFQ, 7-TFQA)
* RU-5135
* Sinomenine
* Strychnine
* Thiocolchicoside
* Tutin

* Negative modulators: Amiloride
* Benzodiazepines (e.g., bromazepam, Chemistry:Clonazepam

|

NMDAR|

* See here instead.

Transporter
(blockers)|

| GlyT1|

* ACPPB
* ALX-1393
* ALX-5407 (NFPS)
* AMG-747
* ASP2535
* BIIB-104 (PF-04958242)
* Bitopertin (RG1678/RO4917838)
* CP-802079
* Ethanol (alcohol)
* Glycyldodecylamide
* GSK1018921
* LY-2365109
* ORG-24598
* ORG-25935 (SCH-900435)
* PF-02545920
* PF-03463275
* Sarcosine
* SSR-103,800
* SSR-504,734

|

GlyT2|

* Amoxapine
* Ethanol (alcohol)
* NAGly
* Opiranserin (VVZ-149)
* ORG-25543
* VVZ-368

See also
Receptor/signaling modulators
GABA receptor modulators
GABAA receptor positive modulators
Ionotropic glutamate receptor modulators

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Ionotropic glutamate receptor modulators

AMPAR|

* Agonists: Main site agonists: 5-Fluorowillardiine
* Acromelic acid (acromelate)
* AMPA
* BOAA
* Domoic acid
* Glutamate
* Ibotenic acid
* Proline
* Quisqualic acid
* Willardiine; Positive allosteric modulators: Aniracetam
* BIIB-104 (PF-04958242)
* Cyclothiazide
* CX-516
* CX-546
* CX-614
* Farampator (CX-691, ORG-24448)
* CX-717
* CX-1739
* CX-1942
* Diazoxide
* Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ)
* IDRA-21
* LY-392098
* LY-395153
* LY-404187
* LY-451646
* LY-503430
* Mibampator (LY-451395)
* Nooglutyl
* ORG-26576
* Oxiracetam
* PEPA
* Piracetam
* Pramiracetam
* S-18986
* Tulrampator (S-47445, CX-1632)

* Antagonists: ACEA-1011
* ATPO
* Becampanel
* Caroverine
* CNQX
* Dasolampanel
* DNQX
* Fanapanel (MPQX)
* GAMS
* Kaitocephalin
* Kynurenic acid
* Kynurenine
* Licostinel (ACEA-1021)
* NBQX
* PNQX
* Selurampanel
* Tezampanel
* Theanine
* Topiramate
* YM90K
* Zonampanel; Negative allosteric modulators: Barbiturates (e.g., pentobarbital, sodium thiopental)
* Cyclopropane
* Enflurane
* Ethanol (alcohol)
* Evans blue
* GYKI-52466
* GYKI-53655
* Halothane
* Irampanel
* Isoflurane
* Perampanel
* Pregnenolone sulfate
* Sevoflurane
* Talampanel; Unknown/unsorted antagonists: Minocycline

KAR|

* Agonists: Main site agonists: 5-Bromowillardiine
* 5-Iodowillardiine
* Acromelic acid (acromelate)
* AMPA
* ATPA
* Domoic acid
* Glutamate
* Ibotenic acid
* Kainic acid
* LY-339434
* Proline
* Quisqualic acid
* SYM-2081; Positive allosteric modulators: Cyclothiazide
* Diazoxide
* Enflurane
* Halothane
* Isoflurane

* Antagonists: ACEA-1011
* CNQX
* Dasolampanel
* DNQX
* GAMS
* Kaitocephalin
* Kynurenic acid
* Licostinel (ACEA-1021)
* LY-382884
* NBQX
* NS102
* Selurampanel
* Tezampanel
* Theanine
* Topiramate
* UBP-302; Negative allosteric modulators: Barbiturates (e.g., pentobarbital, sodium thiopental)
* Enflurane
* Ethanol (alcohol)
* Evans blue
* NS-3763
* Pregnenolone sulfate

NMDAR|

* Agonists: Main site agonists: AMAA
* Aspartate
* Glutamate
* Homocysteic acid (L-HCA)
* Homoquinolinic acid
* Ibotenic acid
* NMDA
* Proline
* Quinolinic acid
* Tetrazolylglycine
* Theanine; Glycine site agonists: β-Fluoro-D-alanine
* ACBD
* ACC (ACPC)
* ACPD
* AK-51
* Apimostinel (NRX-1074)
* B6B21
* CCG
* D-Alanine
* D-Cycloserine
* D-Serine
* DHPG
* Dimethylglycine
* Glycine
* HA-966
* L-687414
* L-Alanine
* L-Serine
* Milacemide
* Neboglamine (nebostinel)
* Rapastinel (GLYX-13)
* Sarcosine; Polyamine site agonists: Neomycin
* Spermidine
* Spermine; Other positive allosteric modulators: 24S-Hydroxycholesterol
* DHEA (prasterone)
* DHEA sulfate (prasterone sulfate)
* Epipregnanolone sulfate
* Pregnenolone sulfate
* SAGE-201
* SAGE-301
* SAGE-718

* Antagonists: Competitive antagonists: AP5 (APV)
* AP7
* CGP-37849
* CGP-39551
* CGP-39653
* CGP-40116
* CGS-19755
* CPP
* Kaitocephalin
* LY-233053
* LY-235959
* LY-274614
* MDL-100453
* Midafotel (d-CPPene)
* NPC-12626
* NPC-17742
* PBPD
* PEAQX
* Perzinfotel
* PPDA
* SDZ-220581
* Selfotel; Glycine site antagonists: 4-Cl-KYN (AV-101)
* 5,7-DCKA
* 7-CKA
* ACC
* ACEA-1011
* ACEA-1328
* Apimostinel (NRX-1074)
* AV-101
* Carisoprodol
* CGP-39653
* CNQX
* D-Cycloserine
* DNQX
* Felbamate
* Gavestinel
* GV-196771
* Harkoseride
* Kynurenic acid
* Kynurenine
* L-689560
* L-701324
* Licostinel (ACEA-1021)
* LU-73068
* MDL-105519
* Meprobamate
* MRZ 2/576
* PNQX
* Rapastinel (GLYX-13)
* ZD-9379; Polyamine site antagonists: Arcaine
* Co 101676
* Diaminopropane
* Diethylenetriamine
* Huperzine A
* Putrescine; Uncompetitive pore blockers (mostly dizocilpine site): 2-MDP
* 3-HO-PCP
* 3-MeO-PCE
* 3-MeO-PCMo
* 3-MeO-PCP
* 4-MeO-PCP
* 8A-PDHQ
* 18-MC
* α-Endopsychosin
* Alaproclate
* Alazocine (SKF-10047)
* Amantadine
* Aptiganel
* Argiotoxin-636
* Arketamine
* ARL-12495
* ARL-15896-AR
* ARL-16247
* Budipine
* Coronaridine
* Delucemine (NPS-1506)
* Dexoxadrol
* Dextrallorphan
* Dextromethadone
* Dextromethorphan
* Dextrorphan
* Dieticyclidine
* Diphenidine
* Dizocilpine
* Ephenidine
* Esketamine
* Etoxadrol
* Eticyclidine
* Fluorolintane
* Gacyclidine
* Ibogaine
* Ibogamine
* Indantadol
* Ketamine
* Ketobemidone
* Lanicemine
* Levomethadone
* Levomethorphan
* Levomilnacipran
* Levorphanol
* Loperamide
* Memantine
* Methadone
* Methorphan
* Methoxetamine
* Methoxphenidine
* Milnacipran
* Morphanol
* NEFA
* Neramexane
* Nitromemantine
* Noribogaine
* Norketamine
* Orphenadrine
* PCPr
* PD-137889
* Pethidine (meperidine)
* Phencyclamine
* Phencyclidine
* Propoxyphene
* Remacemide
* Rhynchophylline
* Rimantadine
* Rolicyclidine
* Sabeluzole
* Tabernanthine
* Tenocyclidine
* Tiletamine
* Tramadol; Ifenprodil (NR2B) site antagonists:
* Besonprodil
* Buphenine (nylidrin)
* CO-101244 (PD-174494)
* Eliprodil
* Haloperidol
* Isoxsuprine
* Radiprodil (RGH-896)
* Rislenemdaz (CERC-301, MK-0657)
* Ro 8-4304
* Ro 25-6981
* Safaprodil
* Traxoprodil (CP-101606); NR2A-selective antagonists: MPX-004
* MPX-007
* TCN-201
* TCN-213; Cations: Hydrogen
* Magnesium
* Zinc; Alcohols/volatile anesthetics/related: Benzene
* Butane
* Chloroform
* Cyclopropane
* Desflurane
* Diethyl ether
* Enflurane
* Ethanol (alcohol)
* Halothane
* Hexanol
* Isoflurane
* Methoxyflurane
* Nitrous oxide
* Octanol
* Sevoflurane
* Toluene
* Trichloroethane
* Trichloroethanol
* Trichloroethylene
* Urethane
* Xenon
* Xylene; Unknown/unsorted antagonists: ARR-15896
* Bumetanide
* Caroverine
* Conantokin
* D-αAA
* Dexanabinol
* Flufenamic acid
* Flupirtine
* FPL-12495
* FR-115427
* Furosemide
* Hodgkinsine
* Ipenoxazone (MLV-6976)
* MDL-27266
* Metaphit
* Minocycline
* MPEP
* Niflumic acid
* Pentamidine
* Pentamidine isethionate
* Piretanide
* Psychotridine
* Transcrocetin (saffron)

* Unsorted: Allosteric modulators: AGN-241751

* See also: Receptor/signaling modulators
* Metabotropic glutamate receptor modulators
* Glutamate metabolism/transport modulators

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Molecules detected in outer space

Molecules|

| Diatomic|

* Aluminium monochloride
* Aluminium monofluoride
* Aluminium monoxide
* Argonium
* Carbon monophosphide
* Carbon monosulfide
* Carbon monoxide
* Carborundum
* Cyanogen radical
* Diatomic carbon
* Fluoromethylidynium
* Helium hydride ion
* Hydrogen chloride
* Hydrogen fluoride
* Hydrogen (molecular)
* Hydroxyl radical
* Iron(II) oxide
* Magnesium monohydride cation
* Methylidyne radical
* Nitric oxide
* Nitrogen (molecular)
* Nitrogen monohydride
* Nitrogen sulfide
* Oxygen (molecular)
* Phosphorus monoxide
* Phosphorus mononitride
* Potassium chloride
* Silicon carbide
* Silicon mononitride
* Silicon monoxide
* Silicon monosulfide
* Sodium chloride
* Sodium iodide
* Sulfur monohydride
* Sulfur monoxide
* Titanium oxide

|
|

Triatomic|

* Aluminium hydroxide
* Aluminium isocyanide
* Amino radical
* Carbon dioxide
* Carbonyl sulfide
* CCP radical
* Chloronium
* Diazenylium
* Dicarbon monoxide
* Disilicon carbide
* Ethynyl radical
* Formyl radical
* Hydrogen cyanide (HCN)
* Hydrogen isocyanide (HNC)
* Hydrogen sulfide
* Hydroperoxyl
* Iron cyanide
* Isoformyl
* Magnesium cyanide
* Magnesium isocyanide
* Methylene radical
* N2H+
* Nitrous oxide
* Nitroxyl
* Ozone
* Phosphaethyne
* Potassium cyanide
* Protonated molecular hydrogen
* Sodium cyanide
* Sodium hydroxide
* Silicon carbonitride
* c-Silicon dicarbide
* SiNC
* Sulfur dioxide
* Thioformyl
* Thioxoethenylidene
* Titanium dioxide
* Tricarbon
* Water

Four
atoms|

* Acetylene
* Ammonia
* Cyanic acid
* Cyanoethynyl
* Cyclopropynylidyne
* Formaldehyde
* Fulminic acid
* HCCN
* Hydrogen peroxide
* Hydromagnesium isocyanide
* Isocyanic acid
* Isothiocyanic acid
* Ketenyl
* Methylene amidogen
* Methyl radical
* Propynylidyne
* Protonated carbon dioxide
* Protonated hydrogen cyanide
* Silicon tricarbide
* Thioformaldehyde
* Tricarbon monoxide
* Tricarbon sulfide
* Thiocyanic acid

Five
atoms|

* Ammonium ion
* Butadiynyl
* Carbodiimide
* Cyanamide
* Cyanoacetylene
* Cyanoformaldehyde
* Cyanomethyl
* Cyclopropenylidene
* Formic acid
* Isocyanoacetylene
* Ketene
* Methane
* Methoxy radical
* Methylenimine
* Propadienylidene
* Protonated formaldehyde
* Protonated formaldehyde
* Silane
* Silicon-carbide cluster

Six
atoms|

* Acetonitrile
* Cyanobutadiynyl radical
* E-Cyanomethanimine
* Cyclopropenone
* Diacetylene
* Ethylene
* Formamide
* HC4N
* Ketenimine
* Methanethiol
* Methanol
* Methyl isocyanide
* Pentynylidyne
* Propynal
* Protonated cyanoacetylene

Seven
atoms|

* Acetaldehyde
* Acrylonitrile
* Vinyl cyanide
* Cyanodiacetylene
* Ethylene oxide
* Glycolonitrile
* Hexatriynyl radical
* Methylacetylene
* Methylamine
* Methyl isocyanate
* Vinyl alcohol

Eight
atoms|

* Acetic acid
* Aminoacetonitrile
* Cyanoallene
* Ethanimine
* Glycolaldehyde
* Heptatrienyl radical
* Hexapentaenylidene
* Methylcyanoacetylene
* Methyl formate
* Propenal

Nine
atoms|

* Acetamide
* Cyanohexatriyne
* Cyanotriacetylene
* Dimethyl ether
* Ethanol
* Methyldiacetylene
* Octatetraynyl radical
* Propene
* Propionitrile

Ten
atoms
or more|

* Acetone
* Benzene
* Benzonitrile
* Buckminsterfullerene (C60, C60+, fullerene, buckyball)
* C70 fullerene
* Cyanodecapentayne
* Cyanopentaacetylene
* Cyanotetra-acetylene
* Ethylene glycol
* Ethyl formate
* Methyl acetate
* Methyl-cyano-diacetylene
* Methyltriacetylene
* Propanal
* n-Propyl cyanide
* Pyrimidine

Deuterated
molecules|

* Ammonia
* Ammonium ion
* Formaldehyde
* Formyl radical
* Heavy water
* Hydrogen cyanide
* Hydrogen deuteride
* Hydrogen isocyanide
* Methylacetylene
* N2D+
* Trihydrogen cation

Unconfirmed|

* Anthracene
* Dihydroxyacetone
* Ethyl methyl ether
* Glycine
* Graphene
* H2NCO+
* Linear C5
* Naphthalene cation
* Phosphine
* Pyrene
* Silylidine

Related|

* Abiogenesis
* Astrobiology
* Astrochemistry
* Atomic and molecular astrophysics
* Chemical formula
* Circumstellar envelope
* Cosmic dust
* Cosmic ray
* Cosmochemistry
* Diffuse interstellar band
* Earliest known life forms
* Extraterrestrial life
* Extraterrestrial liquid water
* Forbidden mechanism
* Homochirality
* Intergalactic dust
* Interplanetary medium
* Interstellar medium
* Photodissociation region
* Iron–sulfur world theory
* Kerogen
* Molecules in stars
* Nexus for Exoplanet System Science
* Organic compound
* Outer space
* PAH world hypothesis
* Panspermia
* Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)
* RNA world hypothesis
* Spectroscopy
* Tholin

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*[GlyR]: Glycine receptor
*[NMDAR]: N-Methyl-D-aspartate receptor
*[GlyT1]: Glycine transporter 1
*[GlyT2]: Glycine transporter 2
*[AMPAR]: α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor
*[KAR]: Kainate receptor
*[DHEA]: Dehydroepiandrosterone