Compound
2-hexadecanoylglycerol
A 2-monoglyceride where the acyl group is hexadecanoyl (palmitoyl).
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:75455), 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
- BBNYCLAREVXOSG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OC(CO)CO
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
6 entities
6 entities reached.
0 reported hops6 assembled from the scaffold
- MGLLProteinUNIPROT:Q99685substrate ofInferred only25 paths25 endpoints
- ABHD12ProteinUNIPROT:Q8N2K0substrate ofInferred only8 paths8 endpoints
- ABHD6ProteinUNIPROT:Q9BV23substrate ofInferred only8 paths8 endpoints
- ABHD16AProteinUNIPROT:O95870substrate ofInferred only8 paths8 endpoints
- PNPLA6ProteinUNIPROT:Q8IY17substrate ofInferred only5 paths5 endpoints
- PLA2G15ProteinUNIPROT:Q8NCC3substrate ofInferred only5 paths5 endpoints
What the reference databases state
Chemical structure
- 2-hexadecanoylglycerol has the functional parent hexadecanoic acidCompoundChEBI CHEBI:75455Inferred only
Statements
6 statements
6 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: 2-hexadecanoylglycerol · Sources: Rhea
- 2-hexadecanoylglycerol is a substrate of ABHD12ProteinRhea RHEA:39963Inferred only
- 2-hexadecanoylglycerol is a substrate of ABHD16AProteinRhea RHEA:39963Inferred only
- 2-hexadecanoylglycerol is a substrate of ABHD6ProteinRhea RHEA:39963Inferred only
- 2-hexadecanoylglycerol is a substrate of MGLLProteinRhea RHEA:39963Inferred only
- 2-hexadecanoylglycerol is a substrate of PLA2G15ProteinRhea RHEA:38735Inferred only
- 2-hexadecanoylglycerol is a substrate of PNPLA6ProteinRhea RHEA:39963Inferred only
Reactions
2 reactions
2-hexadecanoylglycerol+1,2-di-(9Z-octadecenoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine1-(9Z)-octadecenoyl-2-hexadecanoylglycerol+(9Z-octadecenoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
Catalysed by PLA2G15
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:38735CC BY 4.0Reference data
2-hexadecanoylglycerol+waterglycerol+hexadecanoate+hydron
Catalysed by ABHD16A or PNPLA6 or ABHD12 or MGLL or ABHD6
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:39963CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
12 names
Resolves to: 2-hexadecanoylglycerol
- Also called
- 1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl palmitate2-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycerol2-monopalmitin2-monopalmitoylglycerol2-O-palmitoylglycerol2-palmitoyl-glycerolMG (0:0/16:0/0:0)MG 0:0/16:0/0:0MG 16:0MG(0:0/16:0/0:0)MG(16:0)
- Systematic name
- 1,3-dihydroxypropan-2-yl hexadecanoate