The molecule is a monocarboxylic acid anion obtained by removal of a proton from the carboxylic acid group of phenylacetylglycine. The major species of phenylacetylglycine at pH 7.3. It has a role as a human metabolite and a mouse metabolite. It is a conjugate base of a phenylacetylglycine.
2-[(2-phenylacetyl)amino]acetate