Isobutylamine is an organic chemical compound (specifically, an
amine) with the formula (CH
3)
2CHCH
2NH
2, and occurs as a colorless liquid.
Isobutylamine
Chemblink.com Isobutylamine is one of the four isomeric amines of butane
Butane () or ''n''-butane is an alkane with the formula C4H10. Butane is a gas at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. Butane is a highly flammable, colorless, easily liquefied gas that quickly vaporizes at room temperature. The name but ...
, the others being ''n''-butylamine, ''sec''-butylamine and ''tert''-butylamine. It is the decarboxylated form of the amino acid valine, and the product of the metabolism thereof by the enzyme valine decarboxylase
In enzymology, a valine decarboxylase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
:L-valine \rightleftharpoons 2-methylpropanamine + CO2
Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, L-valine, and two products, 2-methylpropanamine and CO2.
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Isobutylamine is an odorant binding to TAAR3
Putative trace amine-associated receptor 3 (TAAR3) is a human pseudogene
Pseudogenes are nonfunctional segments of DNA that resemble functional genes. Most arise as superfluous copies of functional genes, either directly by DNA duplication or ...
in mice and can trigger sexual behaviour in male mice dependent on the cluster of TAAR2 through TAAR9.
References
Alkylamines
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