CHEBI:18230 - chlorophyll a

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ChEBI Name chlorophyll a
ChEBI ID CHEBI:18230
ChEBI ASCII Name chlorophyll a
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:48807, CHEBI:3631, CHEBI:13974, CHEBI:23157
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Formulae C55H72MgN4O5
C55H72MgN4O5
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 893.48900
Monoisotopic Mass 892.535
InChI InChI=1S/C55H73N4O5.Mg/c1-13-39-35(8)42-28-44-37(10)41(24-25-48(60)64-27-26-34(7)23-17-22-33(6)21-16-20-32(5)19-15-18-31(3)4)52(58-44)50-51(55(62)63-12)54(61)49-38(11)45(59-53(49)50)30-47-40(14-2)36(9)43(57-47)29-46(39)56-42;/h13,26,28-33,37,41,51H,1,14-25,27H2,2-12H3,(H-,56,57,58,59,61);/q-1;+2/p-1/b34-26+;/t32-,33-,37+,41+,51-;/m1./s1
InChIKey ATNHDLDRLWWWCB-AENOIHSZSA-M
SMILES CCC1=C(C)C2=Cc3c(C=C)c(C)c4C=C5[C@@H](C)[C@H](CCC(=O)OC\C=C(/C)CCC[C@H](C)CCC[C@H](C)CCCC(C)C)C6=[N+]5[Mg--]5(n34)n3c(=CC1=[N+]25)c(C)c1C(=O)[C@H](C(=O)OC)C6=c31
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): cofactor
An organic molecule or ion (usually a metal ion) that is required by an enzyme for its activity. It may be attached either loosely (coenzyme) or tightly (prosthetic group).
(via porphyrins )
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing chlorophyll a (CHEBI:18230) has functional parent chlorophyllide a (CHEBI:16900)
chlorophyll a (CHEBI:18230) is a chlorophyll (CHEBI:28966)
chlorophyll a (CHEBI:18230) is a methyl ester (CHEBI:25248)
chlorophyll a (CHEBI:18230) is conjugate acid of chlorophyll a(1−) (CHEBI:58416)
Incoming 71-hydroxychlorophyll a (CHEBI:76032) has functional parent chlorophyll a (CHEBI:18230)
chlorophyll a(1−) (CHEBI:58416) is conjugate base of chlorophyll a (CHEBI:18230)
IUPAC Name
[(2E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadec-2-en-1-yl (22R,17S,18S)-7-ethyl-21,22,17,18-tetrahydro-22-(methoxycarbonyl)-3,8,13,17-tetramethyl-21-oxo-12-ethenylcyclopenta[at]porphyrin-18-propanoato(2−)]magnesium
Synonyms Sources
(SP-4-2)-((2E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecenyl (3S,4S,21R)-9-ethenyl-14-ethyl-21-(methoxycarbonyl)-4,8,13,18-tetramethyl-20-oxo-3-phorbinepropanoato(2−)-κN23,κN24,κN25,κN26)-magnesium ChemIDplus
Chlorophyll ChemIDplus
Chlorophyll a KEGG COMPOUND
CHLOROPHYLL A PDBeChem
Database Links Databases
C00001528 KNApSAcK
C05306 KEGG COMPOUND
CL1 PDBeChem
CLA PDBeChem
DB02133 DrugBank
MOL000003 COMe
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1208847 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
4651978 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
475109 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
479-61-8 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Last Modified
11 March 2015