Compound
2-oxobutanoate
A 2-oxo monocarboxylic acid anion that is the conjugate base of 2-oxobutanoic acid, obtained by deprotonation of the carboxy group.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:16763), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
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- Class
- Organic compound, anion
- Formula
- C4H5O3
- Mass
- 101.081 g/mol
- Charge
- -1
- InChIKey
- TYEYBOSBBBHJIV-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- SMILES
- CCC(=O)C(=O)[O-]
- Look it up
- ChEBIPubChemBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI, geometry from PubChem. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
18 entities
18 entities reached.
0 reported hops18 assembled from the scaffold
- SLC16A1ProteinUNIPROT:P53985transported byInferred only50 paths25 endpoints
- CTHProteinUNIPROT:P32929substrate ofInferred only42 paths21 endpoints
- AGXT2ProteinUNIPROT:Q9BYV1substrate ofInferred only24 paths8 endpoints
- GOT1ProteinUNIPROT:P17174substrate ofInferred only24 paths24 endpoints
- LDHBProteinUNIPROT:P07195substrate ofInferred only23 paths23 endpoints
- BCKDHAProteinUNIPROT:P12694substrate ofInferred only19 paths19 endpoints
- SLC16A7ProteinUNIPROT:O60669transported byInferred only18 paths6 endpoints
- BCKDHBProteinUNIPROT:P21953substrate ofInferred only16 paths16 endpoints
- SLC16A3ProteinUNIPROT:O15427transported byInferred only14 paths7 endpoints
- GPTProteinUNIPROT:P24298substrate ofInferred only14 paths14 endpoints
- AADATProteinUNIPROT:Q8N5Z0substrate ofInferred only10 paths10 endpoints
- LDHCProteinUNIPROT:P07864substrate ofInferred only9 paths9 endpoints
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- SDSProteinUNIPROT:P20132substrate ofInferred only7 paths7 endpoints
- RIDAProteinUNIPROT:P52758substrate ofInferred only7 paths7 endpoints
- SDSLProteinUNIPROT:Q96GA7substrate ofInferred only5 paths5 endpoints
- LDHAL6BProteinUNIPROT:Q9BYZ2substrate ofInferred only5 paths5 endpoints
- LDHAL6AProteinUNIPROT:Q6ZMR3substrate ofInferred only3 paths3 endpoints
- SLC16A8ProteinUNIPROT:O95907transported byInferred only2 paths1 endpoint
What the reference databases state
Chemical structure
- 2-oxobutanoate has the functional parent butanoateCompoundChEBI CHEBI:16763Inferred only
Statements
54 statements
54 statements · 2 reference databases · Subject: 2-oxobutanoate · Sources: Human-GEM, Rhea
- 2-oxobutanoate is converted to (2R)-hydroxybutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:83043Inferred only
- (2R)-hydroxybutanoate is converted to 2-oxobutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:82483Inferred only
- (2R)-hydroxybutanoate is converted to 2-oxobutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:83043Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is converted to (2S)-2-aminobutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:70223Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is converted to (2S)-2-aminobutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:37259Inferred only
- (2S)-2-aminobutanoate is converted to 2-oxobutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:37259Inferred only
- 2-hydroxybutyric acid is converted to 2-oxobutanoateCompoundHuman-GEM MAR05351Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is converted to 2-hydroxybutyric acidCompoundRhea RHEA:52608Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is converted to 2-hydroxybutyric acidCompoundHuman-GEM MAR05351Inferred only
- 2-hydroxybutyric acid is converted to 2-oxobutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:52608Inferred only
- 2-iminobutanoate is converted to 2-oxobutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:39975Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is converted to 2-iminobutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:39975Inferred only
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- CHEBI:16857 is converted to 2-oxobutanoateCompoundHuman-GEM MAR04348Inferred only
- L-alpha-aminobutyric acid is converted to 2-oxobutanoateCompoundHuman-GEM MAR06970Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is converted to L-alpha-aminobutyric acidCompoundHuman-GEM MAR06970Inferred only
- L-homoserine is converted to 2-oxobutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:24923Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is converted to L-threonineCompoundRhea RHEA:22108Inferred only
- L-threonine is converted to 2-oxobutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:22108Inferred only
- propanal is converted to 2-oxobutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:55072Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is converted to propanalCompoundRhea RHEA:55072Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is converted to propanoyl-CoACompoundRhea RHEA:33223Inferred only
- propanoyl-CoA is converted to 2-oxobutanoateCompoundRhea RHEA:33223Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of AADATProteinRhea RHEA:66044Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of AGXT2ProteinRhea RHEA:77355Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of AGXT2ProteinRhea RHEA:77339Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of AGXT2ProteinRhea RHEA:77351Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of BCKDHAProteinHuman-GEM MAR03800Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of BCKDHBProteinHuman-GEM MAR03800Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of CTHProteinHuman-GEM MAR07134Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of CTHProteinHuman-GEM MAR07137Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of GOT1ProteinRhea RHEA:70223Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of GPTProteinHuman-GEM MAR06970Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of LDHAL6AProteinHuman-GEM MAR05351Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of LDHAL6BProteinHuman-GEM MAR05351Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of LDHBProteinHuman-GEM MAR05351Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of LDHCProteinHuman-GEM MAR05351Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of RIDAProteinRhea RHEA:39975Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of SDSProteinRhea RHEA:22108Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is a substrate of SDSLProteinRhea RHEA:22108Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A1ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05349Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A1ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05348Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A3ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05348Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A3ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05349Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A4ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05348Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A4ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05349Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A5ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05349Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A5ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05348Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A6ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05349Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A6ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05348Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A7ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05348Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A7ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05349Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A7ProteinHuman-GEM MAR11785Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A8ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05349Inferred only
- 2-oxobutanoate is transported by SLC16A8ProteinHuman-GEM MAR05348Inferred only
Reactions
48 reactions
2-oxobutanoate+proton+thiamine(1+) diphosphatecarbon dioxide+2-(alpha-Hydroxypropyl)thiamine diphosphate
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminableEC 1.2.4.4mitochondrial matrix
Human-GEM MAR03800CC BY 4.0Reference data
water+L,L-cystathionine2-oxobutanoate+L-cysteine+proton+ammonium
Catalysed by CTH
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 4.4.1.1cytosol
Human-GEM MAR03881CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:168572-oxobutanoate+proton+ammonium
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 4.3.1.19cytosol
Human-GEM MAR04348CC BY 4.0Reference data
2-oxobutanoate+proton2-oxobutanoate+proton
Transported by SLC16A8 or SLC16A6 or SLC16A7 or SLC16A3 or SLC16A1 or SLC16A4 or SLC16A5
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedcytosol, mitochondrial matrix
Human-GEM MAR05348CC BY 4.0Reference data
2-oxobutanoate+proton2-oxobutanoate+proton
Transported by SLC16A8 or SLC16A6 or SLC16A7 or SLC16A3 or SLC16A1 or SLC16A4 or SLC16A5
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedmitochondrial matrix, mitochondrial intermembrane space, cytosol
Human-GEM MAR05349CC BY 4.0Reference data
2-hydroxybutyric acid+NAD(+)2-oxobutanoate+proton+NADH(2-)
Catalysed by LDHB or LDHC or LDHAL6A or LDHAL6B
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 1.1.1.27cytosol
Human-GEM MAR05351CC BY 4.0Reference data
L-alpha-aminobutyric acid+2-oxoglutarate(2-)2-oxobutanoate+L-glutamate(1-)
Catalysed by GPT
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 2.6.1.2cytosol
Human-GEM MAR06970CC BY 4.0Reference data
water+CHEBI:277602-oxobutanoate+proton+ammonium+CHEBI:16633
Catalysed by CTH
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 4.4.1.1cytosol
Human-GEM MAR07134CC BY 4.0Reference data
water+selenomethionine2-oxobutanoate+proton+MAM02469c+ammonium
Catalysed by CTH
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 4.4.1.1cytosol
Human-GEM MAR07137CC BY 4.0Reference data
2-oxobutanoate+CHEBI:1146900+NAD(+)carbon dioxide+NADH(2-)+propionyl-CoA
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedcytosol
Human-GEM MAR08442CC BY 4.0Reference data
Reaction pageReversibleBalance undeterminableextracellular space
Human-GEM MAR11391CC BY 4.0Reference data
2-oxobutanoate+proton2-oxobutanoate+proton
Transported by SLC16A7
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedextracellular space, cytosol
Human-GEM MAR11785CC BY 4.0Reference data
Where it reaches
9 systems, 17 regions, 34 tissues, 34 transporter routes — routes, not measurements: transporters known to carry 2-oxobutanoate are expressed there, and no source reports it arriving.
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Other names
7 names
Resolves to: 2-oxobutanoate
- Also called
- 2-Ketobutanoate2-ketobutyrate2-Oxobutyratealpha-ketobutyratealpha-oxobutyrateα-ketobutyrateα-oxobutyrate