Compound

N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->8)-N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(1<->1')-ceramide

An anionic ganglioside obtasined by deprotonation of the carboxy groups of any α-Neu5Ac-(2→8)-α-Neu5Ac-(2→3)-β-D-Gal-(1↔1')-ceramide; major species at pH 7.3.

Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:90859), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.

CHEBI:90859ChEBI

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Structure

2D depiction

Class: Structural class, not a single molecule
Formula: C32H49N3O24R2
Mass: 859.738 g/mol
Charge: -2
SMILES: [1*][C@@H](O)[C@H](CO[C@@H]1O[C@H](CO)[C@H](O)[C@H](O[C@]2(C(=O)[O-])C[C@H](O)[C@@H](NC(C)=O)[C@]([H])([C@H](O)[C@@H](CO)O[C@]3(C(=O)[O-])C[C@H](O)[C@@H](NC(C)=O)[C@]([H])([C@H](O)[C@H](O)CO)O3)O2)[C@H]1O)NC([2*])=O
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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

ST8SIA6ProteinUNIPROT:P61647substrate ofInferred only10 paths10 endpoints

What the reference databases state

Statements

1 statement

1 statement · 1 reference database · Subject: N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->8)-N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(1<->1')-ceramide · Sources: Rhea

Order

N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->8)-N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(1<->1')-ceramide is a substrate of ST8SIA6ProteinRhea RHEA:48928Inferred only

Reactions

1 reaction

N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(1<->1')-ceramide+CMP-N-acetyl-beta-neuraminateN-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->8)-N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(1<->1')-ceramide+CMP+hydron
Catalysed by ST8SIA6
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:48928CC BY 4.0Reference data

Other names

3 names

Resolves to: N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->8)-N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminosyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(1<->1')-ceramide

Also called: alpha-N-acetylneuraminosyl-(2->8)-alpha-N-acetylneuraminosyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(11')-ceramidealpha-N-acetylneuraminosyl-(2->8)-alpha-N-acetylneuraminosyl-(2->3)-beta-D-galactosyl-(11')-ceramide(2-)α-N-acetylneuraminosyl-(2→8)-α-N-acetylneuraminosyl-(2→3)-β-D-galactosyl-(1↔1')-ceramide(2−)