Compound
13-cis-retinyl tetradecanoate
A retinyl ester obtained by formal condensation of the carboxy group of tetradecanoic acid with the hydroxy group of 13-cis-retinol.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:138704), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
CHEBI:138704ChEBI
Structure
No three-dimensional record for this entry.
- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C34H56O2
- Mass
- 496.82 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- WIYYXLSPNGTKOH-IRPZNPCQSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC/C=C(C)C=CC=C(C)C=CC1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
1 entity
1 entities reached.
0 reported hops1 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Chemical structure
- 13-cis-retinyl tetradecanoate has the functional parent 13-cis-retinolCompoundChEBI CHEBI:138704Inferred only
Statements
1 statement
1 statement · 1 reference database · Subject: 13-cis-retinyl tetradecanoate · Sources: Rhea
- 13-cis-retinyl tetradecanoate is a substrate of AWAT2ProteinRhea RHEA:55280Inferred only
Reactions
1 reaction
13-cis-retinol+tetradecanoyl-CoA13-cis-retinyl tetradecanoate+coenzyme A(4-)
Catalysed by AWAT2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:55280CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: 13-cis-retinyl tetradecanoate
- Also called
- 13-cis-retinyl myristate
- Systematic name
- (13cis)-O(15)-tetradecanoylretinol(13cis)-O15-tetradecanoylretinol(2Z,4E,6E,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraen-1-yl tetradecanoate