Compound
a fatty acid
Organic, monobasic acids derived from hydrocarbons by the equivalent of oxidation of a methyl group to an alcohol, aldehyde, and then acid. Fatty acids are saturated and unsaturated (fatty acids, unsaturated). (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)
Structure
- Class
- Inorganic compound, anion
- Formula
- CO2R
- Mass
- 44.01 g/mol
- Charge
- -1
- SMILES
- *C(=O)[O-]
- Look it up
- ChEBI
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
10 entities
10 entities reached.
0 reported hops10 assembled from the scaffold
- ACSL3ProteinUNIPROT:O95573substrate ofInferred only29 paths29 endpoints
- LIPEProteinUNIPROT:Q05469substrate ofInferred only28 paths28 endpoints
- SLC27A3ProteinUNIPROT:Q5K4L6transported byInferred only24 paths24 endpoints
- ALDH3A2ProteinUNIPROT:P51648metabolized byInferred only14 paths14 endpoints
- SLC27A2ProteinUNIPROT:O14975transported byInferred only13 paths11 endpoints
- RPE65ProteinUNIPROT:Q16518substrate ofInferred only7 paths7 endpoints
- SLC27A6ProteinUNIPROT:Q9Y2P4transported byInferred only4 paths4 endpoints
- SLC27A5ProteinUNIPROT:Q9Y2P5transported byInferred only3 paths2 endpoints
- SLC27A4ProteinUNIPROT:Q6P1M0transported byInferred only2 paths2 endpoints
- ABHD11ProteinUNIPROT:Q8NFV4substrate ofInferred only2 paths2 endpoints
What the reference databases state
Statements
20 statements
20 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: a fatty acid · Sources: Rhea
- a fatty acid is converted to a fatty acyl-CoACompoundRhea RHEA:51580Inferred only
- a fatty acid is converted to a fatty acyl-CoACompoundRhea RHEA:38883Inferred only
- a fatty acyl-CoA is converted to a fatty acidCompoundRhea RHEA:16781Inferred only
- a fatty acyl-CoA is converted to a fatty acidCompoundRhea RHEA:51580Inferred only
- a fatty aldehyde is converted to a fatty acidCompoundRhea RHEA:80823Inferred only
- a fatty aldehyde is converted to a fatty acidCompoundRhea RHEA:49832Inferred only
- a fatty acid is converted to a fatty aldehydeCompoundRhea RHEA:49832Inferred only
- a fatty acid is converted to a fatty aldehydeCompoundRhea RHEA:80823Inferred only
- a fatty acid is metabolised by ALDH3A2ProteinRhea RHEA:49832Inferred only
- a fatty acid is a substrate of ABHD11ProteinRhea RHEA:38503Inferred only
- a fatty acid is a substrate of ACSL3ProteinRhea RHEA:38883Inferred only
- a fatty acid is a substrate of AOAHProteinRhea RHEA:12032Inferred only
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- a fatty acid is a substrate of LIPEProteinRhea RHEA:15245Inferred only
- a fatty acid is a substrate of RPE65ProteinRhea RHEA:31771Inferred only
- a fatty acid is transported by SLC27A1ProteinRhea RHEA:38879Inferred only
- a fatty acid is transported by SLC27A2ProteinRhea RHEA:38879Inferred only
- a fatty acid is transported by SLC27A3ProteinRhea RHEA:38879Inferred only
- a fatty acid is transported by SLC27A4ProteinRhea RHEA:38879Inferred only
- a fatty acid is transported by SLC27A5ProteinRhea RHEA:38879Inferred only
- a fatty acid is transported by SLC27A6ProteinRhea RHEA:38879Inferred only
Reactions
135 reactions
a sterol ester+watera sterol+a fatty acid+hydron
Catalysed by CEL or LIPA or LIPN
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:10100CC BY 4.0Reference data
a 3-(acyloxy)acyl derivative of bacterial toxin+watera 3-hydroxyacyl derivative of bacterial toxin+a fatty acid+hydron
Catalysed by AOAH
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:12032CC BY 4.0Reference data
a triacylglycerol+watera diacylglycerol+a fatty acid+hydron
Catalysed by DDHD2 or LPL or LIPF or ABHD2 or LIPC or PNLIP or CEL or AADAC or PNPLA4 or PNLIPRP2 or LIPE or PNLIPRP3 and 7 more alternatives
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:12044CC BY 4.0Reference data
a 1,2-diacyl-3-O-(beta-D-galactosyl)-sn-glycerol+2water3-beta-D-galactosyl-sn-glycerol+2a fatty acid+2hydron
Catalysed by PNLIPRP2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:13189CC BY 4.0Reference data
a 1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine+watersn-glycerol 3-phosphocholine+a fatty acid+hydron
Catalysed by PLA2G6 or PLA2G4B or LIPC or PLA2G4A or PLB1 or PNPLA7 or ASPG or PNPLA6 or PLA2G15 or PNPLA8 or PLA2G4C
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:15177CC BY 4.0Reference data
a monoacylglycerol+waterglycerol+a fatty acid+hydron
Catalysed by LIPE
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:15245CC BY 4.0Reference data
a 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine+watera 1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine+a fatty acid+hydron
Catalysed by PLA2G10 or PLA2G6 or PLA2G1B or PLA2G4B or PLA2G2A or PRDX6 or PLA2G5 or PNPLA4 or PLA2G4A or PLAAT3 or PLA2G4E or PLA2G4F and 18 more alternatives
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:15801CC BY 4.0Reference data
a fatty acyl-CoA+watera fatty acid+coenzyme A(4-)+hydron
Catalysed by ACOT13
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:16781CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:75659+water(R)-carnitine+a fatty acid+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:17101CC BY 4.0Reference data
a 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1D-myo-inositol)+watera 1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1D-myo-inositol)+a fatty acid+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:18001CC BY 4.0Reference data
a 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine+watera 2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine+a fatty acid+hydron
Catalysed by LPL or LIPC or PLAAT3 or PLA2G15 or DDHD1 or ABHD3 or PLAAT5 or PLAAT1 or PNPLA8 or PLAAT2 or PLAAT4 or LIPG
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:18689CC BY 4.0Reference data
a 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol+watera monoacylglycerol+a fatty acid+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:18761CC BY 4.0Reference data
Where it reaches
9 systems, 16 regions, 37 tissues, 41 transporter routes — routes, not measurements: transporters known to carry a fatty acid are expressed there, and no source reports it arriving.
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Other names
5 names
Resolves to: a fatty acid
- Also called
- AlkanateFAFatty acid anionfatty acid anionsFatty acids