has role beta-alanine derivative amino-acid betaine beta-alanine betaine 131.095 131.17296 3-(trimethylammonio)propanoate A beta-alanine derivative arising from quaternisation of the nitrogen of beta-alanine with three methyl groups and removal of the proton attached to the carboxy group. It is an osmoprotective compound accumulated by most members of the highly stress-tolerant Plumbaginaceae family. ACZVSMNFVFBOTM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Beilstein:3588285 C6H13NO2 CAS:6458-06-6 CHEBI:10344 CHEBI:22822 CHEBI:28825 C[N+](C)(C)CCC([O-])=O InChI=1S/C6H13NO2/c1-7(2,3)5-4-6(8)9/h4-5H2,1-3H3 KEGG:C08263 KNApSAcK:C00001334 PMID:11457974 PMID:12857843 PMID:16668509 PMID:332162 PMID:6818230 Reaxys:3588285 beta-Alanine betaine beta-Alaninebetaine beta-homobetaine chebi_ontology plant metabolite