CHEBI:18024 - D-galacturonic acid

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ChEBI Name D-galacturonic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:18024
ChEBI ASCII Name D-galacturonic acid
Definition The D-enantiomer of galacturonic acid. It is the main component of pectin.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:20976, CHEBI:20978
Formula C6H10O7
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 194.140
Monoisotopic Mass 194.04265
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): algal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.
(via galacturonic acid )
plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
(via galacturonic acid )
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing D-galacturonic acid (CHEBI:18024) is a galacturonic acid (CHEBI:33830)
Incoming D-galacturono-1,4-lactone (CHEBI:27548) has functional parent D-galacturonic acid (CHEBI:18024)
aldehydo-D-galacturonic acid (CHEBI:47962) is a D-galacturonic acid (CHEBI:18024)
D-galactopyranuronic acid (CHEBI:4153) is a D-galacturonic acid (CHEBI:18024)
IUPAC Name
D-galacturonic acid
Synonyms Sources
D-galacturonate ChEBI
D-galacturonic acids ChEBI
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Last Modified
02 July 2014