Compound
L-dehydroascorbate
An organic anion and the conjugate base of L-dehydroascorbic acid, arising from deprotonation of the acidic C2-position.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:58539), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
No three-dimensional record for this entry.
- Class
- Organic compound, anion
- Formula
- C6H5O6
- Mass
- 173.1 g/mol
- Charge
- -1
- InChIKey
- OESHPIGALOBJLM-REOHCLBHSA-N
- SMILES
- O=C1O[C-]([C@@H](O)CO)C(=O)C1=O
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
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
- L-ascorbic acidCompoundCHEBI:29073converted toInferred only26 paths12 endpoints
- CLIC1ProteinUNIPROT:O00299substrate ofInferred only24 paths24 endpoints
- GSTO1ProteinUNIPROT:P78417metabolized byInferred only22 paths22 endpoints
- GSTO2ProteinUNIPROT:Q9H4Y5metabolized byInferred only9 paths9 endpoints
- SLC2A2ProteinUNIPROT:P11168transported byInferred only6 paths5 endpoints
- SLC2A8ProteinUNIPROT:Q9NY64transported byInferred only2 paths2 endpoints
- SLC2A14ProteinUNIPROT:Q8TDB8transported byInferred only1 path1 endpoint
What the reference databases state
Statements
10 statements
10 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: L-dehydroascorbate · Sources: Rhea
- L-ascorbic acid is converted to L-dehydroascorbateCompoundRhea RHEA:22996Inferred only
- L-dehydroascorbate is converted to L-ascorbic acidCompoundRhea RHEA:22996Inferred only
- L-ascorbic acid is converted to L-dehydroascorbateCompoundRhea RHEA:13605Inferred only
- L-dehydroascorbate is converted to L-ascorbic acidCompoundRhea RHEA:13605Inferred only
- L-dehydroascorbate is metabolised by GSTO1ProteinRhea RHEA:24424Inferred only
- L-dehydroascorbate is metabolised by GSTO2ProteinRhea RHEA:24424Inferred only
- L-dehydroascorbate is a substrate of CLIC1ProteinRhea RHEA:24424Inferred only
- L-dehydroascorbate is transported by SLC2A14ProteinRhea RHEA:60380Inferred only
- L-dehydroascorbate is transported by SLC2A2ProteinRhea RHEA:60380Inferred only
- L-dehydroascorbate is transported by SLC2A8ProteinRhea RHEA:60380Inferred only
Reactions
16 reactions
2L-ascorbic acid+dioxygen2L-dehydroascorbate+2water
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:13605CC BY 4.0Reference data
all-trans-violaxanthin+L-ascorbic acidCHEBI:27867+L-dehydroascorbate+water
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:15353CC BY 4.0Reference data
L-ascorbic acid+2Fe(III)-[cytochrome c]L-dehydroascorbate+2Fe(II)-[cytochrome c]+2hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:15849CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:27867+L-ascorbic acidzeaxanthin+L-dehydroascorbate+water
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:21800CC BY 4.0Reference data
L-ascorbic acid+hydrogen peroxideL-dehydroascorbate+2water
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:22996CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:58360+L-ascorbic acid+dioxygenCHEBI:18153+L-dehydroascorbate+hydrogen cyanide+carbon dioxide+2water
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:23640CC BY 4.0Reference data
L-dehydroascorbate+2glutathioneglutathione disulfide+L-ascorbic acid
Catalysed by CLIC1 or GSTO1 or GSTO2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:24424CC BY 4.0Reference data
2monodehydro-L-ascorbate radicalL-dehydroascorbate+L-ascorbic acid
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:30267CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:17464+4Fe(III)-[cytochrome c]L-dehydroascorbate+4Fe(II)-[cytochrome c]+5hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:32367CC BY 4.0Reference data
all-trans-violaxanthin+2L-ascorbic acidzeaxanthin+2L-dehydroascorbate+2water
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:32371CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:327995+L-ascorbic acid+dioxygen(R)-octopamine+L-dehydroascorbate+water
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:57132CC BY 4.0Reference data
L-dehydroascorbateL-dehydroascorbate
Transported by SLC2A2 or SLC2A14 or SLC2A8
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:60380CC BY 4.0Reference data
Where it reaches
2 systems, 3 regions, 8 tissues, 8 transporter routes — routes, not measurements: transporters known to carry L-dehydroascorbate are expressed there, and no source reports it arriving.
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Other names
6 names
Resolves to: L-dehydroascorbate
- Also called
- dehydro-L-ascorbatedehydroascorbateL-dehydroascorbate anionL-dehydroascorbic acid(1-)L-dehydroascorbic acid(1−)
- Systematic name
- 2-[(1S)-1,2-dihydroxyethyl]-3,4,5-trioxotetrahydrofuran-2-ide