Compound
hexadecan-1-ol
A long-chain primary fatty alcohol that is hexadecane substituted by a hydroxy group at position 1.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:16125), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
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- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C16H34O
- Mass
- 242.447 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- BXWNKGSJHAJOGX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCO
- Look it up
- ChEBIPubChemBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI, geometry from PubChem. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
5 entities
5 entities reached.
0 reported hops5 assembled from the scaffold
- AWAT2ProteinUNIPROT:Q6E213substrate ofInferred only48 paths12 endpoints
- AWAT1ProteinUNIPROT:Q58HT5substrate ofInferred only24 paths6 endpoints
- DGAT1ProteinUNIPROT:O75907substrate ofInferred only18 paths18 endpoints
- GNPATProteinUNIPROT:O15228substrate ofInferred only14 paths14 endpoints
- AGPSProteinUNIPROT:O00116substrate ofInferred only10 paths10 endpoints
What the reference databases state
Chemical structure
- 1-O-hexadecyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphate has the functional parent hexadecan-1-olCompoundChEBI CHEBI:78385Inferred only
- hexadecyl (9Z)-hexadecenoate has the functional parent hexadecan-1-olCompoundChEBI CHEBI:75629Inferred only
- hexadecyl (9Z)-octadecenoate has the functional parent hexadecan-1-olCompoundChEBI CHEBI:75622Inferred only
- hexadecyl hexadecanoate has the functional parent hexadecan-1-olCompoundChEBI CHEBI:75584Inferred only
- hexadecyl octadecanoate has the functional parent hexadecan-1-olCompoundChEBI CHEBI:75631Inferred only
Statements
20 statements
20 statements · 2 reference databases · Subject: hexadecan-1-ol · Sources: Human-GEM, Rhea
- hexadecan-1-ol is converted to hexadecanalCompoundRhea RHEA:59460Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is converted to hexadecanalCompoundRhea RHEA:22056Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is converted to hexadecanalCompoundRhea RHEA:76475Inferred only
- hexadecanal is converted to hexadecan-1-olCompoundRhea RHEA:22056Inferred only
- hexadecanal is converted to hexadecan-1-olCompoundRhea RHEA:59460Inferred only
- hexadecanal is converted to hexadecan-1-olCompoundRhea RHEA:76475Inferred only
- hexadecanoyl-CoA is converted to hexadecan-1-olCompoundRhea RHEA:36315Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is converted to hexadecanoyl-CoACompoundRhea RHEA:86775Inferred only
- hexadecanoyl-CoA is converted to hexadecan-1-olCompoundRhea RHEA:86775Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is a substrate of AGPSProteinRhea RHEA:40659Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is a substrate of AWAT1ProteinRhea RHEA:38227Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is a substrate of AWAT1ProteinRhea RHEA:38167Inferred only
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- hexadecan-1-ol is a substrate of AWAT1ProteinRhea RHEA:38247Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is a substrate of AWAT1ProteinRhea RHEA:38251Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is a substrate of AWAT2ProteinRhea RHEA:38227Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is a substrate of AWAT2ProteinRhea RHEA:38251Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is a substrate of AWAT2ProteinRhea RHEA:38247Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is a substrate of AWAT2ProteinRhea RHEA:38167Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is a substrate of DGAT1ProteinRhea RHEA:38167Inferred only
- hexadecan-1-ol is a substrate of GNPATProteinHuman-GEM MAR00706Inferred only
Reactions
17 reactions
2proton+2NADPH(4-)+palmitoyl-CoACHEBI:1146900+hexadecan-1-ol+2NADP(3-)
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 1.17.1.9peroxisome
Human-GEM MAR00703CC BY 4.0Reference data
1-hexadecanoylglycerone 3-phosphate+hexadecan-1-olMAM02017x+proton+hexadecanoic acid
Catalysed by GNPAT
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 2.3.1.42peroxisome
Human-GEM MAR00706CC BY 4.0Reference data
hexadecan-1-ol+NAD(1-)hexadecanal+NADH(2-)+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:22056CC BY 4.0Reference data
hexadecanoyl-CoA+2NADPH(4-)+2hydronhexadecan-1-ol+2NADP(3-)+coenzyme A(4-)
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:36315CC BY 4.0Reference data
hexadecan-1-ol+hexadecanoyl-CoAhexadecyl hexadecanoate+coenzyme A(4-)
Catalysed by DGAT1 or AWAT1 or AWAT2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:38167CC BY 4.0Reference data
hexadecan-1-ol+(9Z)-octadecenoyl-CoAhexadecyl (9Z)-octadecenoate+coenzyme A(4-)
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:38227CC BY 4.0Reference data
hexadecan-1-ol+(9Z)-hexadecenoyl-CoAhexadecyl (9Z)-hexadecenoate+coenzyme A(4-)
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:38247CC BY 4.0Reference data
hexadecan-1-ol+octadecanoyl-CoAhexadecyl octadecanoate+coenzyme A(4-)
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:38251CC BY 4.0Reference data
1-hexadecanoylglycerone 3-phosphate+hexadecan-1-ol1-O-hexadecylglycerone 3-phosphate+hexadecanoate+hydron
Catalysed by AGPS
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:40659CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:83203+hexadecan-1-ol1-O-hexadecylglycerone 3-phosphate+octadecanoate+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:40711CC BY 4.0Reference data
a 1-acylglycerone 3-phosphate+hexadecan-1-ol1-O-hexadecylglycerone 3-phosphate+a fatty acid+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:40935CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:77537+hexadecan-1-olCHEBI:84072+coenzyme A(4-)
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:44128CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
12 names
Resolves to: hexadecan-1-ol
- Also called
- 1-cetanol1-Hexadecanol1-hexadecyl alcohol16-HexadecanolcetanolCetyl alcoholFEMA 2554FOH 16:0Hexadecanoln-1-hexadecanoln-hexadecyl alcoholPalmityl alcohol