an alpha-mycolic acid (CHEBI:87902)

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ChEBI Name	an α-mycolic acid

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:87902

ChEBI ASCII Name	an alpha-mycolic acid

Definition	A class of mycolic acids characterized by the presence of two cis cyclopropyl groups in the meromycolic chain.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by a third party.

Submitter	Nevila Nouspikel

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Formula

(CH2)m(CH2)n(CH2)n(CH2)nC11H18O3

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Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	Bronsted acid A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base). (via oxoacid )

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	an α-mycolic acid (CHEBI:87902) is a mycolic acid (CHEBI:25438) an α-mycolic acid (CHEBI:87902) is a organic molecular entity (CHEBI:50860) an α-mycolic acid (CHEBI:87902) is conjugate acid of an α-mycolate (CHEBI:87903)

Incoming	(2R)-2-[(1R)-1-hydroxy-18-{2-[10-(2-nonadecylcyclopropyl)decyl]cyclopropyl}octadecyl]hexacosanoate (CHEBI:87979) is a an α-mycolic acid (CHEBI:87902) an α-mycolate (CHEBI:87903) is conjugate base of an α-mycolic acid (CHEBI:87902)

Synonym	Source
(Z,Z)-dicyclopropyl-α-mycolic acid	UniProt

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16 October 2015