Compound
1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol
A 1-acyl-sn-glycerol that has hexadecanoyl (palmitoyl) as the 1-acyl group.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:75542), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
No three-dimensional record for this entry.
- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C19H38O4
- Mass
- 330.509 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- QHZLMUACJMDIAE-SFHVURJKSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC[C@@H](O)CO
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
2 entities
2 entities reached.
0 reported hops2 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Chemical structure
- 3-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol is the enantiomer of 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerolCompoundChEBI CHEBI:64757Inferred only
Statements
4 statements
4 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol · Sources: Rhea
- 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol is converted to 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphateCompoundRhea RHEA:43308Inferred only
- 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate is converted to 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerolCompoundRhea RHEA:53604Inferred only
- 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol is a substrate of AGKProteinRhea RHEA:43308Inferred only
- 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol is a substrate of PLA2G15ProteinRhea RHEA:38727Inferred only
Reactions
5 reactions
1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol+1,2-di-(9Z-octadecenoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine1-hexadecanoyl-3-(9Z)-octadecenoyl-sn-glycerol+(9Z-octadecenoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
Catalysed by PLA2G15
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:38727CC BY 4.0Reference data
1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine+water1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol+phosphocholine+hydron
Catalysed by SMPD2 or ENPP6 or ENPP7 or SMPD3
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:41119CC BY 4.0Reference data
1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol+ATP(4-)1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate+ADP(3-)+hydron
Catalysed by AGK
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:43308CC BY 4.0Reference data
1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate+water1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol+hydrogenphosphate
Catalysed by EPHX2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:53604CC BY 4.0Reference data
1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1D-myo-inositol)+water1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol+1D-myo-inositol 1-phosphate+hydron
Catalysed by GDPD2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:86383CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
12 names
Resolves to: 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol
- Also called
- (2S)-1-O-hexadecanoylglycerol(2S)-1-O-palmitoylglycerol(S)-1-monopalmitin(S)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl n-hexadecanoateMG (16:0/0:0/0:0)MG 16:0MG 16:0/0:0/0:0MG(16:0)MG(16:0/0:0/0:0)sn-1-palmitoylmonoglyceridesn-1-palmitoylmonoglycerol
- Systematic name
- (2S)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl hexadecanoate