a,a-dimethylglycine

NSC-16590 (2-Aminoisobutyric acid) is a nonprotein amino acid (is an end product of pyrimidine Metabolism) excreted in the urine of about 5% of healthy individuals, and high excretion is an autosomal recessive phenotype.

N-Methylsarcosine (Dimethylglycine) is used as an athletic performance enhancer and immunostimulant. It is also used in the treatment of autism, epilepsy and mitochondrial disease. It is also employed as a biomarker of protein degradation in chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) patients. Further, it is used as a substrate to identify, differentiate and characterize amino acid methyltransferase. It plays an important role in the development of glycine-based ionic liquids and emulsifiers.