Compound
a sphingoid base
A cationic sphingoid obtained by protonation of the amino group of any 2-amino-1,3-dihydroxysphingoid base.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:84410), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
- Class
- Organic compound, cation
- Formula
- C3H9NO2R
- Mass
- 91.109 g/mol
- Charge
- +1
- SMILES
- *[C@@H](O)[C@@H]([NH3+])CO
- Look it up
- ChEBI
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
7 entities
7 entities reached.
0 reported hops7 assembled from the scaffold
- SPHK1ProteinUNIPROT:Q9NYA1substrate ofInferred only31 paths31 endpoints
- CERS3ProteinUNIPROT:Q8IU89substrate ofInferred only18 paths9 endpoints
- SPHK2ProteinUNIPROT:Q9NRA0substrate ofInferred only11 paths11 endpoints
- CERS2ProteinUNIPROT:Q96G23substrate ofInferred only9 paths9 endpoints
- CERS1ProteinUNIPROT:P27544substrate ofInferred only8 paths8 endpoints
- CERS6ProteinUNIPROT:Q6ZMG9substrate ofInferred only8 paths8 endpoints
- CERS5ProteinUNIPROT:Q8N5B7substrate ofInferred only7 paths7 endpoints
What the reference databases state
Statements
8 statements
8 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: a sphingoid base · Sources: Rhea
- a sphingoid base is a substrate of CERS1ProteinRhea RHEA:61476Inferred only
- a sphingoid base is a substrate of CERS2ProteinRhea RHEA:61480Inferred only
- a sphingoid base is a substrate of CERS3ProteinRhea RHEA:61492Inferred only
- a sphingoid base is a substrate of CERS3ProteinRhea RHEA:61480Inferred only
- a sphingoid base is a substrate of CERS5ProteinRhea RHEA:61472Inferred only
- a sphingoid base is a substrate of CERS6ProteinRhea RHEA:61472Inferred only
- a sphingoid base is a substrate of SPHK1ProteinRhea RHEA:51496Inferred only
- a sphingoid base is a substrate of SPHK2ProteinRhea RHEA:51496Inferred only
Reactions
10 reactions
a sphingosylphosphocholine+watera sphingoid base+phosphocholine+hydron
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:45296CC BY 4.0Reference data
a sphingoid base+ATP(4-)CHEBI:76941+ADP(3-)+hydron
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:51496CC BY 4.0Reference data
a sphingoid base+a fatty acyl-CoAan N-acyl-sphingoid base+coenzyme A(4-)+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:53424CC BY 4.0Reference data
a sphingoid base+hexadecanoyl-CoAan N-hexadecanoyl-sphingoid base+coenzyme A(4-)+hydron
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:61472CC BY 4.0Reference data
a sphingoid base+octadecanoyl-CoAan N-octadecanoyl-sphingoid base+coenzyme A(4-)+hydron
Catalysed by CERS1
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:61476CC BY 4.0Reference data
a very long-chain fatty acyl-CoA+a sphingoid baseCHEBI:144712+coenzyme A(4-)+hydron
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:61480CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:143018+a sphingoid baseCHEBI:144713+coenzyme A(4-)+hydron
Catalysed by CERS3
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:61492CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:76941+watera sphingoid base+hydrogenphosphate
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:63952CC BY 4.0Reference data
a sphingoid base+tetracosanoyl-CoACHEBI:157596+coenzyme A(4-)+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:65632CC BY 4.0Reference data
an N-acyl-sphingoid base+watera sphingoid base+a fatty acid
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:78455CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: a sphingoid base
- Also called
- 2-amino-1,3-dihydroxysphingoid base(1+)Sphingoid bases