Allylglycine

Allylglycine
Names
	Preferred IUPAC name 2-Aminopent-4-enoic acid
Identifiers
CAS Number	7685-44-1 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image; Interactive image;
ChEBI	CHEBI:231976;
ChemSpider	13425 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.028.809
PubChem CID	14044;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID701313217 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C5H9NO2/c1-2-3-4(6)5(7)8/h2,4H,1,3,6H2,(H,7,8) Key: WNNNWFKQCKFSDK-UHFFFAOYSA-N ; InChI=1/C5H9NO2/c1-2-3-4(6)5(7)8/h2,4H,1,3,6H2,(H,7,8) Key: WNNNWFKQCKFSDK-UHFFFAOYAL;
	SMILES C=CCC(C(=O)O)N; O=C(O)C(N)CC=C;
Properties
Chemical formula	C5H9NO2
Molar mass	115.13 g/mol
Appearance	white crystalline powder
Density	1.098 g/mL
Melting point	265 °C (509 °F; 538 K)
Boiling point	231 °C (448 °F; 504 K)
Hazards
	Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Main hazards	Convulsant
	Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
LD50 (median dose)	147-195 mg/kg (mice, intraperitoneal)
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Allylglycine is a glycine derivative. It is an inhibitor of glutamate decarboxylase.^[2] Inhibition of glutamate decarboxylase blocks GABA biosynthesis, leading to lower levels of the neurotransmitter.^[3] Allylglycine is known to induce seizures in animals studies, presumably due to this GDC-inhibiting activity.^[4]

References

^ Piepho, R. W; Friedman, A. H (1977). "Chronopharmacology of Strychnine and Allylglycine in the Mouse". Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 4 (3): 263–6. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1681.1977.tb02623.x. PMID 891041. S2CID 25088608.
^ Abshire VM, Hankins KD, Roehr KE, DiMicco JA (November 1988). "Injection of L-allylglycine into the posterior hypothalamus in rats causes decreases in local GABA which correlate with increases in heart rate". Neuropharmacology. 27 (11): 1171–7. doi:10.1016/0028-3908(88)90013-5. PMID 3205383. S2CID 32655173.
^ Sajdyk T, Johnson P, Fitz S, Shekhar A (August 2008). "Chronic inhibition of GABA synthesis in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis elicits anxiety-like behavior". J. Psychopharmacol. (Oxford). 22 (6): 633–41. doi:10.1177/0269881107082902. PMC 3065212. PMID 18308797.
^ Thomas J, Yang YC (June 1991). "Allylglycine induced seizures in male and female rats". Physiol. Behav. 49 (6): 1181–3. doi:10.1016/0031-9384(91)90348-R. PMID 1654571. S2CID 10506822.

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