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CHEBI:16016 - dihydroxyacetone

ChEBI IDCHEBI:16016
ChEBI Namedihydroxyacetone
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DefinitionA 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.
Secondary ChEBI IDsCHEBI:5453, CHEBI:14340, CHEBI:24354, CHEBI:39809
Last Modified6 February 2018
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FormulaC3H6O3
Net Charge0
Average Mass90.078
Monoisotopic Mass90.03169
SMILESO=C(CO)CO
InChIInChI=1S/C3H6O3/c4-1-3(6)2-5/h4-5H,1-2H2
InChIKeyRXKJFZQQPQGTFL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606) - DOI (10.1038/nbt.2488)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ncbitaxon:4932) - PubMed (24678285) Source: yeast.sf.net
Escherichia coli (ncbitaxon:562) - PubMed (21988831)
Mus musculus (ncbitaxon:10090) - PubMed (19425150) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067
Roles Classification

ChEBI Ontology
IUPAC Name 
1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-one
Synonyms  Source
GlyceroneKEGG COMPOUND
DihydroxyacetoneKEGG COMPOUND
1,3-DihydroxyacetoneKEGG COMPOUND
1,3-Dihydroxy-2-propanoneKEGG COMPOUND
1,3-Dihydroxypropan-2-oneKEGG COMPOUND
1,3-Dihydroxydimethyl ketoneChemIDplus
UniProt Name  Source
dihydroxyacetoneUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
C00184KEGG COMPOUND
2HAPDBeChem
HMDB0001882HMDB
DIHYDROXYACETONEMetaCyc
DihydroxyacetoneWikipedia
DB01775DrugBank
D07841KEGG DRUG
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:1740268Reaxys
CAS:96-26-4KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:96-26-4ChemIDplus
CAS:96-26-4NIST Chemistry WebBook
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