CHEBI:16456 - 2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine

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ChEBI Name 2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16456
Definition A ceramide in which the N-acyl moiety bears a hydroxy group α- to the carboxamide group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:19408, CHEBI:11461, CHEBI:964
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Formula C20H38NO4R
Net Charge 0
Average Mass (excl. R groups) 356.52000
Monoisotopic Mass (excl. R groups) 356.28008
SMILES CCCCCCCCCCCCC\C=C\[C@@H](O)[C@H](CO)NC(=O)C(O)[*]
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
(via N-acylsphingosine )
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing 2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine (CHEBI:16456) has functional parent sphingosine (CHEBI:16393)
2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine (CHEBI:16456) is a N-acylsphingosine (CHEBI:52639)
Incoming 1-(β-D-galactosyl)-2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine (CHEBI:16994) has functional parent 2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine (CHEBI:16456)
N-(2-hydroxyhexacosanoyl)sphingosine (CHEBI:83363) is a 2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine (CHEBI:16456)
N-(2-hydroxyhexanoyl)sphingosine (CHEBI:83244) is a 2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine (CHEBI:16456)
N-2-hydroxylignoceroylsphingosine (CHEBI:76756) is a 2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine (CHEBI:16456)
N-2-hydroxypalmitoylsphingosine (CHEBI:76751) is a 2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine (CHEBI:16456)
N-2-hydroxystearoylsphingosine (CHEBI:76754) is a 2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine (CHEBI:16456)
N-2-hydroxytetracosenoylsphingosine (CHEBI:76957) is a 2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine (CHEBI:16456)
Synonyms Sources
2-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosines ChEBI
2-N-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine ChEBI
2-N-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosines ChEBI
a N-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphing-4-enine UniProt
Manual Xrefs Databases
2-2-HYDROXYACYLSPHINGOSINE MetaCyc
C03823 KEGG COMPOUND
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Last Modified
21 April 2016