N-hydroxy-alpha-amino-acid

Any amino acid in which at least one hydrogen attached to the amino group is replaced by a hydroxy group.

ChEBI ID: 50760

Members (3)

Member	Definition	Role
hadacidin	A monocarboxylic acid that is N-hydroxyglycine in which the hydrogen attached to the nitrogen is replaced by a formyl group. It was originally isolated from cultures of Penicillium frequentans.	hadacidin
N-hydroxypipecolic acid	An N-hydroxy-alpha-amino-acid resulting from the formal N-hydroxylation of the amino group of piperidine-carboxylic acid (pipecolic acid).	N-hydroxypipecolic acid
n-hydroxytyrosine	An L-tyrosine derivative obtained by replacement of one of the amino hydrogen by a hydroxy group.	N-hydroxytyrosine