Compound

N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-sphinganine

A dihydroceramide in which the N-acyl group is specified as arachidonoyl.

Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:85206), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.

CHEBI:85206ChEBI

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Structure

2D depiction

Class: Organic compound
Formula: C38H69NO3
Mass: 587.974 g/mol
Charge: 0
InChIKey: NXKPWQUXGKASPM-AJIQFNDCSA-N
SMILES: CCCCC/C=CC/C=CC/C=CC/C=CCCCC(=O)N[C@@H](CO)[C@H](O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
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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

ACER3ProteinUNIPROT:Q9NUN7substrate ofInferred only12 paths4 endpoints

What the reference databases state

Chemical structure

N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-sphinganine has the functional parent arachidonic acidCompoundChEBI CHEBI:85206Inferred only

Statements

3 statements

3 statements · 2 reference databases · Subject: N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-sphinganine · Sources: Human-GEM, Rhea

Order

N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-sphinganine is a substrate of ACER3ProteinRhea RHEA:45376Inferred only
N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-sphinganine is a substrate of ACER3ProteinHuman-GEM MAR20073Inferred only
N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-sphinganine is a substrate of ACER3ProteinHuman-GEM MAR20074Inferred only

Reactions

3 reactions

water+N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-sphinganine(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-eicosatetraenoate+CHEBI:16566
Catalysed by ACER3
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 3.5.1.23GO:0005783
Human-GEM MAR20073CC BY 4.0Reference data
water+N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-sphinganine(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-eicosatetraenoate+CHEBI:16566
Catalysed by ACER3
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 3.5.1.23GO:0005794
Human-GEM MAR20074CC BY 4.0Reference data
N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-sphinganine+watersphinganine+(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-eicosatetraenoate
Catalysed by ACER3
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:45376CC BY 4.0Reference data

Other names

6 names

Resolves to: N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-sphinganine

Also called: Cer(d18:0/20:4(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z))N-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)dihydrosphingosineN-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-icosatetraenoyl)dihydrosphingosineN-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-icosatetraenoyl)sphinganineN-arachidonoyldihydrosphingosine
Systematic name: (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-N-[(2S,3R)-1,3-dihydroxyoctadecan-2-yl]icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenamide