CHEBI:16947 - citrate(3−)

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ChEBI Name citrate(3−)
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16947
ChEBI ASCII Name citrate(3-)
Definition A tricarboxylic acid trianion, obtained by deprotonation of the three carboxy groups of citric acid.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:42563, CHEBI:13999, CHEBI:23321
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Formula C6H5O7
Net Charge -3
Average Mass 189.09970
Monoisotopic Mass 189.00517
InChI InChI=1S/C6H8O7/c7-3(8)1-6(13,5(11)12)2-4(9)10/h13H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)(H,11,12)/p-3
InChIKey KRKNYBCHXYNGOX-UHFFFAOYSA-K
SMILES OC(CC([O-])=O)(CC([O-])=O)C([O-])=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI:txid4932) Source: yeast.sf.net See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): fundamental metabolite
Any metabolite produced by all living cells.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947) has role fundamental metabolite (CHEBI:78675)
citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947) is a citrate anion (CHEBI:133748)
citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947) is a tricarboxylic acid trianion (CHEBI:27092)
citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947) is conjugate acid of citrate(4−) (CHEBI:132362)
citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947) is conjugate base of citrate(2−) (CHEBI:35808)
Incoming N-citryl-spermidine zwitterion (CHEBI:149586) has functional parent citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947)
bismuth citrate (CHEBI:157700) has part citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947)
calcium citrate (CHEBI:190513) has part citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947)
ferric ammonium citrate (CHEBI:31604) has part citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947)
iron(III) citrate (CHEBI:144421) has part citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947)
lithium citrate (anhydrous) (CHEBI:64735) has part citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947)
potassium citrate (anhydrous) (CHEBI:64733) has part citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947)
sodium citrate (CHEBI:53258) has part citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947)
trimagnesium dicitrate (CHEBI:131391) has part citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947)
citrate(2−) (CHEBI:35808) is conjugate acid of citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947)
citrate(4−) (CHEBI:132362) is conjugate base of citrate(3−) (CHEBI:16947)
IUPAC Name
2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylate
Synonyms Sources
2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylate ChEBI
2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylate(3−) ChemIDplus
2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, ion(3−) ChemIDplus
2-hydroxytricarballylate ChEBI
cit IUPAC
cit3− ChEBI
citrate UniProt
CITRATE ANION PDBeChem
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00158 KEGG COMPOUND
FLC PDBeChem
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
126-44-3 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
1884707 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
1884707 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
4239 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
Last Modified
30 March 2022