CHEBI:37257 - phytanate

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ChEBI Name phytanate
ChEBI ID CHEBI:37257
Definition A branched-chain saturated fatty acid anion that is the conjugate base of phytanic acid, arising from deprotonation of the carboxylic acid group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:26109, CHEBI:14834
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Formula C20H39O2
Net Charge -1
Average Mass 311.52246
Monoisotopic Mass 311.29555
InChI InChI=1S/C20H40O2/c1-16(2)9-6-10-17(3)11-7-12-18(4)13-8-14-19(5)15-20(21)22/h16-19H,6-15H2,1-5H3,(H,21,22)/p-1
InChIKey RLCKHJSFHOZMDR-UHFFFAOYSA-M
SMILES CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CC([O-])=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
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Outgoing phytanate (CHEBI:37257) has functional parent hexadecanoate (CHEBI:7896)
phytanate (CHEBI:37257) has functional parent hexadecanoic acid (CHEBI:15756)
phytanate (CHEBI:37257) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
phytanate (CHEBI:37257) is a 3-methyl fatty acid anion (CHEBI:83972)
phytanate (CHEBI:37257) is a branched-chain saturated fatty acid anion (CHEBI:58956)
phytanate (CHEBI:37257) is a long-chain fatty acid anion (CHEBI:57560)
phytanate (CHEBI:37257) is conjugate base of phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285)
Incoming ω-hydroxyphytanate (CHEBI:83916) has functional parent phytanate (CHEBI:37257)
phytanic acid (CHEBI:16285) is conjugate acid of phytanate (CHEBI:37257)
IUPAC Name
3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoate
Synonyms Sources
3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoate UniProt
3,7,11,15-tetramethylpalmitate ChEBI
phytanate anion ChEBI
Manual Xref Database
C01607 KEGG COMPOUND
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
3669982 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
3669982 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
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Last Modified
03 December 2014