Compound
N-eicosanoyl-sphing-4-enine
A N-acylsphingosine in which the ceramide N-acyl group is specified as eicosanoyl.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:72962), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
No three-dimensional record for this entry.
- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C38H75NO3
- Mass
- 594.022 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- XWBWIAOWSABHFI-NUKVNZTCSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCC/C=C/[C@@H](O)[C@H](CO)NC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
2 entities
2 entities reached.
0 reported hops2 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
2 statements
2 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: N-eicosanoyl-sphing-4-enine · Sources: Rhea
- N-eicosanoyl-sphing-4-enine is a substrate of ACER2ProteinRhea RHEA:41275Inferred only
- N-eicosanoyl-sphing-4-enine is transported by CERT1ProteinRhea RHEA:85995Inferred only
Reactions
3 reactions
N-eicosanoyl-sphing-4-enine+watereicosanoate+sphing-4-enine
Catalysed by ACER2
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:41275CC BY 4.0Reference data
eicosanoyl-CoA+sphing-4-enineN-eicosanoyl-sphing-4-enine+coenzyme A(4-)+hydron
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:45284CC BY 4.0Reference data
N-eicosanoyl-sphing-4-enineN-eicosanoyl-sphing-4-enine
Transported by CERT1
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:85995CC BY 4.0Reference data
Where it reaches
8 systems, 19 regions, 42 tissues, 42 transporter routes — routes, not measurements: transporters known to carry N-eicosanoyl-sphing-4-enine are expressed there, and no source reports it arriving.
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Other names
15 names
Resolves to: N-eicosanoyl-sphing-4-enine
- Also called
- C20 CerCer 38:1;O2Cer(d18:1(4E)/20:0)Cer(d18:1/20:0)Cer[NS]N-(eicosanoyl)-ceramideN-(eicosanoyl)-sphing-4-enineN-(eicosanoyl)ceramideN-(eicosanoyl)sphing-4-enineN-(icosanoyl)ceramideN-(icosanoyl)sphing-4-enineN-eicosanoylsphing-4-enineN-eicosanoylsphingosineN-icosanoylsphing-4-enine
- Systematic name
- N-[(2S,3R,4E)-1,3-dihydroxyoctadec-4-en-2-yl]icosanamide