Compound
N-hexadecanoylglycine
An N-acylglycinate that is the conjugate base of N-hexadecanoylglycine, obtained by deprotonation of the carboxy group; major species at pH 7.3.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:142655), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
CHEBI:142655ChEBI
Structure
No three-dimensional record for this entry.
- Class
- Organic compound, anion
- Formula
- C18H34NO3
- Mass
- 312.474 g/mol
- Charge
- -1
- InChIKey
- KVTFEOAKFFQCCX-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)NCC(=O)[O-]
- 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-hexadecanoylglycine · Sources: Rhea
- N-hexadecanoylglycine is a substrate of GLYATL3ProteinRhea RHEA:58536Inferred only
Reactions
1 reaction
hexadecanoyl-CoA+glycineN-hexadecanoylglycine+coenzyme A(4-)+hydron
Catalysed by GLYATL3
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:58536CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: N-hexadecanoylglycine
- Also called
- 2-(hexadecanoylamino)acetate2-hexadecanamidoacetatehexadecanoylglycinatepalmitoylglycinate
- Systematic name
- (palmitoylamino)acetateN-palmitoylglycinate