CHEBI:18164 - (2S)-2-hydroxyphytanic acid

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ChEBI Name (2S)-2-hydroxyphytanic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:18164
ChEBI ASCII Name (2S)-2-hydroxyphytanic acid
Definition A 20-carbon, methyl-branched hydroxy fatty acid and intermediate in phytanic acid degradation; accumulates in patients with peroxisimal disorders.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:13057, CHEBI:6164, CHEBI:21206
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Formula C20H40O3
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 328.52980
Monoisotopic Mass 328.29775
InChI InChI=1S/C20H40O3/c1-15(2)9-6-10-16(3)11-7-12-17(4)13-8-14-18(5)19(21)20(22)23/h15-19,21H,6-14H2,1-5H3,(H,22,23)/t16?,17?,18?,19-/m0/s1
InChIKey CGKMKXBKVBXUGK-LFVBFMBRSA-N
SMILES CC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)CCCC(C)[C@H](O)C(O)=O
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
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Outgoing (2S)-2-hydroxyphytanic acid (CHEBI:18164) has functional parent hexadecanoate (CHEBI:7896)
(2S)-2-hydroxyphytanic acid (CHEBI:18164) has functional parent hexadecanoic acid (CHEBI:15756)
(2S)-2-hydroxyphytanic acid (CHEBI:18164) is a (2S)-2-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:17375)
(2S)-2-hydroxyphytanic acid (CHEBI:18164) is a 2-hydroxy fatty acid (CHEBI:10283)
(2S)-2-hydroxyphytanic acid (CHEBI:18164) is a isoprenoid (CHEBI:24913)
(2S)-2-hydroxyphytanic acid (CHEBI:18164) is a long-chain fatty acid (CHEBI:15904)
(2S)-2-hydroxyphytanic acid (CHEBI:18164) is conjugate acid of (2S)-2-hydroxyphytanate (CHEBI:58398)
Incoming (2S)-2-hydroxyphytanate (CHEBI:58398) is conjugate base of (2S)-2-hydroxyphytanic acid (CHEBI:18164)
IUPAC Name
(2S)-2-hydroxy-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadecanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
(2S)-2-hydroxyphytanic acid UniProt
L-2-hydroxyphytanic acid ChEBI
Manual Xref Database
C02982 KEGG COMPOUND
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12 January 2011