dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016)

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ChEBI Name	dihydroxyacetone

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:16016

Definition	A ketotriose consisting of acetone bearing hydroxy substituents at positions 1 and 3. The simplest member of the class of ketoses and the parent of the class of glycerones.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:39809, CHEBI:5453, CHEBI:14340, CHEBI:24354

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Formula

C3H6O3

Net Charge

Average Mass

90.078

Monoisotopic Mass

90.03169

InChI

InChI=1S/C3H6O3/c4-1-3(6)2-5/h4-5H,1-2H2

InChIKey

RXKJFZQQPQGTFL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(CO)(CO)=O

Metabolite of Species	Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090)	Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI:txid4932)	Source: yeast.sf.net See: PubMed
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562)	See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606)	See: DOI

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	Escherichia coli metabolite Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli. Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ). human metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens). metabolite Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites. antifungal agent An antimicrobial agent that destroys fungi by suppressing their ability to grow or reproduce. mouse metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971) dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772) dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) has role antifungal agent (CHEBI:35718) dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746) dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212) dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771) dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) is a ketotriose (CHEBI:24982) dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) is a primary α-hydroxy ketone (CHEBI:139590)

Incoming	1-hydroxy-3-methoxyacetone (CHEBI:37551) has functional parent dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) 1-palmitoylglycerone 3-phosphate (CHEBI:17868) has functional parent dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) 1-stearoylglycerone 3-phosphate (CHEBI:36476) has functional parent dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) dihydroxyacetone phosphate (CHEBI:16108) has functional parent dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) glycerone derivative (CHEBI:24358) has functional parent dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) glycerone phosphate(2−) (CHEBI:57642) has functional parent dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016) glycerone sulfate (CHEBI:27894) has functional parent dihydroxyacetone (CHEBI:16016)

IUPAC Name

1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-one

Last Modified

06 February 2018