CHEBI:42905 - α-L-galactose

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ChEBI Name α-L-galactose
ChEBI ID CHEBI:42905
ChEBI ASCII Name alpha-L-galactose
Definition A L-galactopyranose with an α-configuration at the anomeric center.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:42904, CHEBI:6222
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Formula C6H12O6
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 180.15588
Monoisotopic Mass 180.06339
InChI InChI=1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-2-3(8)4(9)5(10)6(11)12-2/h2-11H,1H2/t2-,3+,4+,5-,6+/m0/s1
InChIKey WQZGKKKJIJFFOK-SXUWKVJYSA-N
SMILES OC[C@@H]1O[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H]1O
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): fundamental metabolite
Any metabolite produced by all living cells.
(via galactose )
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing α-L-galactose (CHEBI:42905) is a L-galactopyranose (CHEBI:37619)
α-L-galactose (CHEBI:42905) is enantiomer of α-D-galactose (CHEBI:28061)
Incoming α-L-Fucp-(1→2)-α-L-Galp (CHEBI:147958) has functional parent α-L-galactose (CHEBI:42905)
α-L-galactoside (CHEBI:75776) has functional parent α-L-galactose (CHEBI:42905)
3,6-anhydro-α-L-galactopyranose (CHEBI:83433) has functional parent α-L-galactose (CHEBI:42905)
α-D-galactose (CHEBI:28061) is enantiomer of α-L-galactose (CHEBI:42905)
IUPAC Name
α-L-galactopyranose
Synonyms Sources
L-Galactose KEGG COMPOUND
WURCS=2.0/1,1,0/[a1221h-1a_1-5]/1/ GlyTouCan
Manual Xrefs Databases
C01825 KEGG COMPOUND
CPD-13428 MetaCyc
G61899YO GlyTouCan
G61899YO GlyGen
GXL PDBeChem
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
15572-79-9 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND
1723631 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
1723631 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
Last Modified
07 April 2021