Compound
a ganglioside GD2
An anionic ganglioside obtained by deprotonation of the neuraminosyl carboxy groups of N-acetyl-β-D-galactosaminyl-(1→4)-[α-N-acetylneuraminyl-(2→8)-α-N-acetylneuraminyl-(2→3)]-β-D-galactosyl-(1→4)-β-D-glucosyl-(1↔1)-ceramide; major species at pH 7.3.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:79220), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
- Class
- Structural class, not a single molecule
- Formula
- C46H72N4O34R2
- Mass
- 1225.072 g/mol
- Charge
- -2
- SMILES
- *C(=O)N[C@@H](CO[C@@H]1O[C@H](CO)[C@@H](O[C@@H]2O[C@H](CO)[C@H](O[C@@H]3O[C@H](CO)[C@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]3NC(C)=O)[C@H](O[C@]3(C(=O)[O-])C[C@H](O)[C@@H](NC(C)=O)[C@]([H])([C@H](O)[C@@H](CO)O[C@]4(C(=O)[O-])C[C@H](O)[C@@H](NC(C)=O)[C@]([H])([C@H](O)[C@H](O)CO)O4)O3)[C@H]2O)[C@H](O)[C@H]1O)[C@@H](*)O
- Look it up
- ChEBI
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
Statements
1 statement
1 statement · 1 reference database · Subject: a ganglioside GD2 · Sources: Rhea
- a ganglioside GD2 is a substrate of B4GALNT1ProteinRhea RHEA:43272Inferred only
Reactions
3 reactions
a ganglioside GD3+UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosaminea ganglioside GD2+UDP+hydron
Catalysed by B4GALNT1
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:43272CC BY 4.0Reference data
a ganglioside GD2+UDP-alpha-D-galactosea ganglioside GD1b+UDP+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:48252CC BY 4.0Reference data
a ganglioside GD2+acetyl-CoACHEBI:230515+coenzyme A(4-)
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:79639CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: a ganglioside GD2
- Also called
- Ganglioside GD2Ganglioside GD2(2-)Ganglioside GD2(2−)MG(P-14:0/0:0/0:0)