Glutamine (C5H10N2O3) - Multi-Color 3D Molecule Model

Glutamine (C5H10N2O3) - Multi-Color 3D Molecular Model (Space-Filling Spheres)

An accurate, educational 3D printable model of Glutamine (C5H10N2O3) in classic Space-Filling (van der Waals / CPK Spheres) style. Ideal for chemistry classrooms, students, researchers, science educators, or as a vibrant desk display.

Printed in a single piece using multi-material systems (Prusa MMU3, Bambu AMS, Toolchangers) — no gluing or assembly required!

Generated with the web tool 3D Print Molecules.

🧪 About the Molecule

Glutamine is the most abundant free amino acid in human circulation and muscular tissue.

• Chemical Formula: C5H10N2O3

• IUPAC / Common Name: Glutamine

• Structure Coordinates: pubchem

💡 Did You Know?

Glutamine represents over 60% of all free amino acids circulating in your skeletal muscle! During severe physical trauma, severe burns, or illness, muscle tissue burns through glutamine so rapidly that the body begins cannibalizing muscle mass unless supplemented!

🌟 Real-World Uses & Fascinating Facts

• 🛡 Intestinal Wall Integrity (Leaky Gut): Serves as the primary fuel source for gut enterocytes, tightening intestinal junctions and preventing systemic endotoxin leakage.

• 🏥 Critical Care Medicine: Routinely administered in clinical ICUs and burn centers to prevent sepsis and fuel lymphocyte proliferation.

• 🏋 Post-Workout Recovery: Diminishes delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and accelerates muscle glycogen replenishment after intense athletics.

🧠 Biological Role & Science Notes

Glutamine acts as the body's primary non-toxic nitrogen shuttle, transporting metabolic ammonia safely between tissues. It is also required by kidney tubular cells to generate bicarbonate ions, helping maintain blood pH balance during systemic acidosis.

🔬 Scientific Precision

• van der Waals Radii: Proportions strictly match standard physical van der Waals radii (Bondi, 1964).

• Conformational Reality: Geometry reflects the lowest-energy real-world conformation derived from computational force fields (MMFF94) and crystallographic/quantum benchmarks.

• CPK Color Standard: Colors follow the classic international Corey-Pauling-Koltun (CPK) palette.

🚀 Why Use the 3D Print Molecules Web App? (3dmolekuly.vscht.cz)

This model was generated using our web visualizer designed to make multi-color 3D printing of molecules seamless:

• 🎯 Automatic Multi-Part Mesh for Multi-Color Printing: No manual cutting or CAD modeling required. The generator automatically isolates each chemical element into separate manifold bodies so PrusaSlicer, Bambu Studio, and OrcaSlicer immediately assign colors!

• 🔬 Authentic Space-Filling Volumes: Generates clean, manifold overlapping sphere volumes reflecting real molecular geometry.

• ⚙ Full Customization: Adjust atom diameters, mesh resolution, scale (mm/Å), and toggle hydrogen atoms on or off.

• 🎓 Free & Web-Based: Developed at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (VŠCHT Praha). Free to use, runs right in your browser with zero installation.

(📸 Check the web app screenshot in the photos to view the model loaded in the visualizer with the settings panel!)

🖨 Multi-Material Printing Instructions

• Style: Space-Filling Spheres (CPK)

• Assembly: None! Printed in one solid piece with multi-material systems.

• Element Color Assignments:

• Carbon (C): Black / Dark Grey

• Hydrogen (H): White

• Oxygen (O): Red

• Nitrogen (N): Blue

• Recommended Layer Height: 0.16 mm (optimal for smooth sphere curves) – 0.20 mm

• Perimeters / Walls: 3

• Infill: 15% Gyroid

• Supports: Tree / Organic supports recommended (use PETG support interface on PLA for 0mm contact distance)

💡 Support Interface Trick for Flawless Spheres

When printing PLA with multi-material units (MMU3, AMS, Toolchanger): Set your Support Interface Material to PETG with Top Z distance = 0 mm. Because PLA and PETG do not bond to each other, the organic/tree supports detach effortlessly by hand with zero surface scarring, leaving the spherical atoms perfectly smooth!

🔗 Customize Your Model or Create Any Molecule!

Need different tolerances for your printer, larger/smaller atoms, or want to export another molecule entirely?

👉 Open and customize directly in the 3D Print Molecules App

Created with ❤ at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (VŠCHT Praha) • 3dmolekuly.vscht.cz