CHEBI:15441 - (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene

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ChEBI Name (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene
ChEBI ID CHEBI:15441
ChEBI ASCII Name (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene
Definition A 2,3-epoxysqualene in which the chiral centre has S configuration. It is converted into lanosterol by lanosterol synthase (EC 5.4.99.7) in a key rate-limiting step in the biosynthesis of chloesterol, steroid hormones, and vitamin D.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:18728, CHEBI:11026, CHEBI:11072, CHEBI:372
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Formula C30H50O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 426.71740
Monoisotopic Mass 426.38617
InChI InChI=1S/C30H50O/c1-24(2)14-11-17-27(5)20-12-18-25(3)15-9-10-16-26(4)19-13-21-28(6)22-23-29-30(7,8)31-29/h14-16,20-21,29H,9-13,17-19,22-23H2,1-8H3/b25-15+,26-16+,27-20+,28-21+/t29-/m0/s1
InChIKey QYIMSPSDBYKPPY-RSKUXYSASA-N
SMILES CC(C)=CCC\C(C)=C\CC\C(C)=C\CC\C=C(/C)CC\C=C(/C)CC[C@@H]1OC1(C)C
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI:txid4932) Source: yeast.sf.net See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite
Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ).
human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
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Outgoing (S)-2,3-epoxysqualene (CHEBI:15441) has parent hydride squalene (CHEBI:15440)
(S)-2,3-epoxysqualene (CHEBI:15441) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772)
(S)-2,3-epoxysqualene (CHEBI:15441) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
(S)-2,3-epoxysqualene (CHEBI:15441) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
(S)-2,3-epoxysqualene (CHEBI:15441) is a 2,3-epoxysqualene (CHEBI:78662)
IUPAC Name
(3S)-2,2-dimethyl-3-[(3E,7E,11E,15E)-3,7,12,16,20-pentamethylhenicosa-3,7,11,15,19-pentaen-1-yl]oxirane
Synonyms Sources
(3S)-2,3-dihydro-2,3-epoxysqualene ChEBI
(3S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene ChEBI
(S)-2,3-dihydro-2,3-epoxysqualene ChEBI
(S)-2,3-epoxy-2,3-dihydrosqualene ChEBI
(S)-2,3-Epoxysqualene KEGG COMPOUND
(S)-2,3-epoxysqualene ChEBI
(S)-2,3-epoxysqualene UniProt
(S)-2,3-oxidosqualene ChEBI
(S)-Squalene-2,3-epoxide KEGG COMPOUND
(S)-squalene-2,3-epoxide ChEBI
2,3-EDSQ MetaCyc
2,3-epoxisqualene MetaCyc
2,3-oxidosqualene MetaCyc
oxidosqualene MetaCyc
Squalene 2,3-epoxide KEGG COMPOUND
Squalene 2,3-oxide KEGG COMPOUND
Manual Xrefs Databases
2TX PDBeChem
C00007282 KNApSAcK
C01054 KEGG COMPOUND
EPOXYSQUALENE MetaCyc
HMDB0001188 HMDB
HMDB0059621 HMDB
LMPR0106010010 LIPID MAPS
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Registry Number Type Source
4710524 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
19951700 PubMed citation Europe PMC
26058429 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
28 April 2020