Compound
N-tetradecanoylsphing-4-enine
A N-acylsphingosine in which the ceramide N-acyl group is specified as tetradecanoyl (myristoyl).
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:72957), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
No three-dimensional record for this entry.
- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C32H63NO3
- Mass
- 509.86 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- ZKRPGPZHULJLKJ-JHRQRACZSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCCCCCC/C=C/[C@@H](O)[C@H](CO)NC(=O)CCCCCCCCCCCCC
- Look it up
- ChEBIBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
4 entities
4 entities reached.
0 reported hops4 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
4 statements
4 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: N-tetradecanoylsphing-4-enine · Sources: Rhea
- N-tetradecanoylsphing-4-enine is a substrate of ACER2ProteinRhea RHEA:41287Inferred only
- N-tetradecanoylsphing-4-enine is a substrate of ASAH1ProteinRhea RHEA:41287Inferred only
- N-tetradecanoylsphing-4-enine is a substrate of ASAH2ProteinRhea RHEA:41287Inferred only
- N-tetradecanoylsphing-4-enine is transported by CERT1ProteinRhea RHEA:85987Inferred only
Reactions
2 reactions
N-tetradecanoylsphing-4-enine+watersphing-4-enine+tetradecanoate
Catalysed by ASAH1 or ACER2 or ASAH2
Reaction pageReversibleBalanced
Rhea RHEA:41287CC BY 4.0Reference data
N-tetradecanoylsphing-4-enineN-tetradecanoylsphing-4-enine
Transported by CERT1
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:85987CC BY 4.0Reference data
Where it reaches
8 systems, 19 regions, 42 tissues, 42 transporter routes — routes, not measurements: transporters known to carry N-tetradecanoylsphing-4-enine are expressed there, and no source reports it arriving.
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Other names
10 names
Resolves to: N-tetradecanoylsphing-4-enine
- Also called
- C14 CerCer(d18:1(4E)/14:0)Cer(d18:1/14:0)N-(myristoyl)ceramideN-(tetradecanoyl)-sphing-4-enineN-(tetradecanoyl)ceramideN-(tetradecanoyl)sphing-4-enineN-myristoylsphing-4-enineN-myristoylsphingosine
- Systematic name
- N-[(2S,3R,4E)-1,3-dihydroxyoctadec-4-en-2-yl]tetradecanamide