CHEBI:16933 - ergosterol

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ChEBI Name ergosterol
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16933
Definition A phytosterol consisting of ergostane having double bonds at the 5,6-, 7,8- and 22,23-positions as well as a 3β-hydroxy group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:42264, CHEBI:4825, CHEBI:14214, CHEBI:23942
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Formula C28H44O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 396.64836
Monoisotopic Mass 396.33922
InChI InChI=1S/C28H44O/c1-18(2)19(3)7-8-20(4)24-11-12-25-23-10-9-21-17-22(29)13-15-27(21,5)26(23)14-16-28(24,25)6/h7-10,18-20,22,24-26,29H,11-17H2,1-6H3/b8-7+/t19-,20+,22-,24+,25-,26-,27-,28+/m0/s1
InChIKey DNVPQKQSNYMLRS-APGDWVJJSA-N
SMILES [H][C@@]1(CC[C@@]2([H])C3=CC=C4C[C@@H](O)CC[C@]4(C)[C@@]3([H])CC[C@]12C)[C@H](C)\C=C\[C@H](C)C(C)C
Metabolite of Species Details
Phomopsis archeri (IF:113952) Found in mycelium (BTO:0001436). Endophytic fungus isolated from cortex stem of Vanilla albidia and combined Mycelial extract See: PubMed
Chaetomium brasiliense (NCBI:txid155871) See: PubMed
Microdiplodia (NCBI:txid371130) EtOAc extract of an endophytic fungi isolated from Lycium intricatum of strain 9907 See: PubMed
Xylaria (NCBI:txid37991) Endolichenic fungi isolated from Leptogium saturninum and EtOAc extract of fermented rice substrate See: PubMed
Chaetomium globosum (NCBI:txid38033) See: PubMed
Aspergillus ochraceus (NCBI:txid40380) Found in mycelium (BTO:0001436). MeOH(mycelia) & EtOAc(broth) extract of an endophytic fungus isolated from Sargassum kjellmanianum of strain EN 31 See: PubMed
Hypocrella (NCBI:txid42305) Found in mycelium (BTO:0001436). Fungus was isolated from scale insect of strain BCC 14524 See: PubMed
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI:txid4932) Source: yeast.sf.net See: PubMed
Chaetomium longirostre (NCBI:txid669026) See: PubMed
Chaetomium longirostre (NCBI:txid669026) Ethyl acetate extract of dried fungal biomass See: PubMed
Cordyceps sinensis (NCBI:txid72228) Found in mycelium (BTO:0001436). Ethanolic extract of dried mycelia See: PubMed
Chaetomium arcuatum (NCBI:txid911086) See: CiteXplore
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite
Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ).
fungal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in fungi, the kingdom that includes microorganisms such as the yeasts and moulds.
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Outgoing ergosterol (CHEBI:16933) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772)
ergosterol (CHEBI:16933) has role fungal metabolite (CHEBI:76946)
ergosterol (CHEBI:16933) is a 3β-hydroxy-Δ5-steroid (CHEBI:1722)
ergosterol (CHEBI:16933) is a 3β-sterol (CHEBI:35348)
ergosterol (CHEBI:16933) is a ergostanoid (CHEBI:50403)
ergosterol (CHEBI:16933) is a phytosterols (CHEBI:26125)
Incoming 1-(ergostan-3β-yl)-L-aspartate (CHEBI:195261) has functional parent ergosterol (CHEBI:16933)
ergosterol peroxide (CHEBI:65858) has functional parent ergosterol (CHEBI:16933)
ergosteryl 3-β-D-glucoside (CHEBI:52973) has functional parent ergosterol (CHEBI:16933)
ergosteryl ester (CHEBI:52320) has functional parent ergosterol (CHEBI:16933)
IUPAC Name
(22E)-ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol
Synonyms Sources
(22E,24S)-24-methylcholesta-5,7,22-trien-3β-ol JCBN
Ergosterol KEGG COMPOUND
ERGOSTEROL PDBeChem
ergosterol UniProt
Provitamin D2 KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00003652 KNApSAcK
C00023755 KNApSAcK
C01694 KEGG COMPOUND
DB04038 DrugBank
ERG PDBeChem
LMST01030093 LIPID MAPS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
2338604 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
2338604 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
57-87-4 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
57-87-4 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
57-87-4 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Last Modified
17 January 2023