The molecule is an amino acid opine resulting from the formal reductive condensation of the amino group of L-arginine with the keto group of 2-oxopentanedioic acid. It is a member of guanidines, a tricarboxylic acid, a secondary amino compound, an amino acid opine, a L-arginine derivative and a D-glutamic acid derivative. It is a conjugate acid of a D-nopalinate(1-).
(2R)-2-[[(1S)-1-carboxy-4-(diaminomethylideneamino)butyl]amino]pentanedioic acid