CHEBI:16113 - cholesterol

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ChEBI Name cholesterol
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16113
Definition A cholestanoid consisting of cholestane having a double bond at the 5,6-position as well as a 3β-hydroxy group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:41564, CHEBI:3659, CHEBI:13982, CHEBI:23204
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Formula C27H46O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 386.655
Monoisotopic Mass 386.35487
InChI InChI=1S/C27H46O/c1-18(2)7-6-8-19(3)23-11-12-24-22-10-9-20-17-21(28)13-15-26(20,4)25(22)14-16-27(23,24)5/h9,18-19,21-25,28H,6-8,10-17H2,1-5H3/t19-,21+,22+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-/m1/s1
InChIKey HVYWMOMLDIMFJA-DPAQBDIFSA-N
SMILES C1[C@@]2([C@]3(CC[C@]4([C@]([C@@]3(CC=C2C[C@H](C1)O)[H])(CC[C@@]4([C@H](C)CCCC(C)C)[H])[H])C)[H])C
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) See: PubMed
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Daphnia galeata (NCBI:txid27404) See: PubMed
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (NCBI:txid3055) See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
algal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
Daphnia galeata metabolite
A Daphnia metabolite produced by the species Daphnia galeata.
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Outgoing cholesterol (CHEBI:16113) has role Daphnia galeata metabolite (CHEBI:83038)
cholesterol (CHEBI:16113) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735)
cholesterol (CHEBI:16113) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
cholesterol (CHEBI:16113) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
cholesterol (CHEBI:16113) is a 3β-hydroxy-Δ5-steroid (CHEBI:1722)
cholesterol (CHEBI:16113) is a 3β-sterol (CHEBI:35348)
cholesterol (CHEBI:16113) is a C27-steroid (CHEBI:131619)
cholesterol (CHEBI:16113) is a cholestanoid (CHEBI:50401)
Incoming (16S,22S)-dihydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:191938) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
(20R)-17α,20-dihydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:783) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
(20S)-17α,20-dihydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:182953) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
(22R)-22-hydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:67237) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
(22S)-22-hydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:1301) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
(24S,25)-dihydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:86074) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
(24S,26)-dihydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:86075) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
(25R)-3β,26-dihydroxycholest-5-en-7-one (CHEBI:87653) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
(25R)-3β-hydroxycholest-5-en-7-one-26-al (CHEBI:87677) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
(25R)-3β-hydroxycholest-5-en-7-one-26-oic acid (CHEBI:87783) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
(25R)-cholest-5-ene-3β,26-diol (CHEBI:76591) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
24-hydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:50515) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
24-methylenecholesterol (CHEBI:19812) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
25-hydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:42977) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
26-hydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:17703) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
3β-hydroxycholest-5-en-26-al (CHEBI:84145) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
3β-hydroxycholest-5-en-26-oic acid (CHEBI:81014) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
4β-hydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:85778) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
7α,24-dihydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:50517) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
7α,25-dihydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:37623) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
7α,26-dihydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:18431) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
7α-hydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:17500) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
7β-hydroxycholesterol (CHEBI:42989) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
7-aminocholesterol (CHEBI:77845) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
7-ketocholesterol (CHEBI:64294) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
cholesterol sulfate (CHEBI:41321) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
cholesteryl β-D-glucoside (CHEBI:17495) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
cholesteryl ester (CHEBI:17002) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
cholesteryl glycoside (CHEBI:61656) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
cholesteryl hemisuccinate (CHEBI:138742) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
Glycino 3β-cholesterol ester group (CHEBI:143135) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
oxysterol (CHEBI:53030) has functional parent cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
cholesteryl β-D-galactoside (CHEBI:189066) has part cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
cholesteryl β-D-xyloside (CHEBI:189067) has part cholesterol (CHEBI:16113)
IUPAC Name
cholest-5-en-3β-ol
Synonyms Sources
(3β,14β,17α)-cholest-5-en-3-ol IUPAC
Cholest-5-en-3beta-ol KEGG COMPOUND
Cholesterin NIST Chemistry WebBook
Cholesterol KEGG COMPOUND
CHOLESTEROL PDBeChem
cholesterol UniProt
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00003648 KNApSAcK
C00187 KEGG COMPOUND
Cholesterol Wikipedia
CHOLESTEROL MetaCyc
CLR PDBeChem
D00040 KEGG DRUG
DB04540 DrugBank
HMDB0000067 HMDB
LMST01010001 LIPID MAPS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
2060565 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
2060565 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
550297 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
57-88-5 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
57-88-5 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
57-88-5 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
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11 February 2022