Sporistics
Polyaxibetaine Molecule
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By quantamania
07/31/2010 - 21:28:33

Type: Spaceship
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Tags: amino acid, betaine, carbon, chemical, chemistry, derivative, heterocyclic, hydrogen, marine, model, modified, molecule, natural product, nitrogen, oxygen, polyaxibetaine, pyridinium, quantamania, sponge, tyrosine, zwitterion

Description

An inner salt (betaine) compound containing a carboxylate group and pyridinium ring. Polyaxibetaine was isolated from a bright orange sponge, Axinella polypoides. It is considered a modified amino acid, as it resembles tyrosine.

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