Compound
N-(2-hydroxy-hexanoyl)-sphing-4-enine
A 2-N-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphingosine in which the ceramide N-acyl group is specified as 2-hydroxyhexanoyl.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:83244), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
CHEBI:83244ChEBI
Structure
- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C24H47NO4
- Mass
- 413.643 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- FEGZDPQHPXJRTR-HFYDYZBHSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCC/C=C/[C@@H](O)[C@H](CO)NC(=O)C(O)CCCC
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
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: N-(2-hydroxy-hexanoyl)-sphing-4-enine · Sources: Rhea
- N-(2-hydroxy-hexanoyl)-sphing-4-enine is metabolised by UGT8ProteinRhea RHEA:43400Inferred only
Reactions
1 reaction
N-(2-hydroxy-hexanoyl)-sphing-4-enine+UDP-alpha-D-galactoseN-(2-hydroxy-hexanoyl)-beta-D-galactosyl-sphing-4-enine+UDP+hydron
Catalysed by UGT8
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:43400CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: N-(2-hydroxy-hexanoyl)-sphing-4-enine
- Also called
- N-(2-hydroxyhexanoyl)-sphing-4-enineN-(2-hydroxyhexanoyl)sphing-4-enine
- Systematic name
- N-[(2S,3R,4E)-1,3-dihydroxyoctadec-4-en-2-yl]-2-hydroxyhexanamide