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CHEBI:57589 - O-acetyl-L-carnitine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:57589
ChEBI NameO-acetyl-L-carnitine
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ASCII NameO-acetyl-L-carnitine
DefinitionAn O-acyl-L-carnitine where the acyl group specified is acetyl. It facilitates movement of acetyl-CoA into the matrices of mammalian mitochondria during the oxidation of fatty acids.
Last Modified22 February 2017
DownloadsMolfile
FormulaC9H17NO4
Net Charge0
Average Mass203.238
Monoisotopic Mass203.11576
SMILESCC(=O)O[C@H](CC(=O)[O-])C[N+](C)(C)C
InChIInChI=1S/C9H17NO4/c1-7(11)14-8(5-9(12)13)6-10(2,3)4/h8H,5-6H2,1-4H3/t8-/m1/s1
InChIKeyRDHQFKQIGNGIED-MRVPVSSYSA-N
Wikipedia
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Homo sapiens (ncbitaxon:9606)
- DOI (10.1038/nbt.2488)
blood serum (BTO:0000133) MetaboLights (MTBLS90)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (ncbitaxon:4932) - PubMed (24678285) Source: yeast.sf.net
Roles Classification
Biological Roles:
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).
human metabolite  Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
O-acetyl-L-carnitine (CHEBI:57589) has functional parent carnitine (CHEBI:17126)
O-acetyl-L-carnitine (CHEBI:57589) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772)
O-acetyl-L-carnitine (CHEBI:57589) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
O-acetyl-L-carnitine (CHEBI:57589) is a O-acetylcarnitine (CHEBI:73024)
O-acetyl-L-carnitine (CHEBI:57589) is a saturated fatty acyl-L-carnitine (CHEBI:133445)
O-acetyl-L-carnitine (CHEBI:57589) is enantiomer of O-acetyl-D-carnitine (CHEBI:86045)
Incoming Relation(s)
O-acetyl-D-carnitine (CHEBI:86045) is enantiomer of O-acetyl-L-carnitine (CHEBI:57589)
IUPAC Name 
(3R)-3-(acetyloxy)-4-(trimethylazaniumyl)butanoate
Synonyms  Source
Acetyl-L-carnitineChemIDplus
(R)-AcetylcarnitineChemIDplus
Acetyl-L-(-)-carnitineChemIDplus
L-Carnitine acetyl esterChemIDplus
L-AcetylcarnitineChemIDplus
(-)-AcetylcarnitineChemIDplus
UniProt Name  Source
O-acetyl-(R)-carnitineUniProt
Manual XrefsDatabases
HMDB0000201HMDB
O-ACETYLCARNITINEMetaCyc
C02571KEGG COMPOUND
Acetyl-L-carnitineWikipedia
64DrugCentral
Registry NumbersSources
Reaxys:3667658Reaxys
CAS:3040-38-8ChemIDplus
Citations