Compound
O-butanoyl-(R)-carnitine
An optically active form of O-butanoylcarnitine having L-configuration.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:21949), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
Structure
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- Class
- Organic compound
- Formula
- C11H21NO4
- Mass
- 231.292 g/mol
- Charge
- 0
- InChIKey
- QWYFHHGCZUCMBN-SECBINFHSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCC(=O)O[C@H](CC(=O)[O-])C[N+](C)(C)C
- Look it up
- ChEBIPubChemBy InChIKey
Identity from ChEBI, geometry from PubChem. 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: O-butanoyl-(R)-carnitine · Sources: Rhea
- O-butanoyl-(R)-carnitine is transported by SLC22A5ProteinRhea RHEA:72123Inferred only
- O-butanoyl-(R)-carnitine is transported by SLC6A14ProteinRhea RHEA:72163Inferred only
Reactions
4 reactions
butanoyl-CoA+(R)-carnitineO-butanoyl-(R)-carnitine+coenzyme A(4-)
Catalysed by CRAT
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalanced
Rhea RHEA:44980CC BY 4.0Reference data
O-butanoyl-(R)-carnitine+sodium(1+)O-butanoyl-(R)-carnitine+sodium(1+)
Transported by SLC22A5
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:72123CC BY 4.0Reference data
O-butanoyl-(R)-carnitine+chloride+2sodium(1+)O-butanoyl-(R)-carnitine+chloride+2sodium(1+)
Transported by SLC6A14
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:72163CC BY 4.0Reference data
O-butanoyl-(R)-carnitineO-butanoyl-(R)-carnitine
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:74331CC BY 4.0Reference data
Where it reaches
4 systems, 4 regions, 4 tissues, 4 transporter routes — routes, not measurements: transporters known to carry O-butanoyl-(R)-carnitine are expressed there, and no source reports it arriving.
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Other names
8 names
Resolves to: O-butanoyl-(R)-carnitine
- Also called
- (3R)-3-(butyryloxy)-4-(trimethylammonio)butanoateButyryl-L-carnitineButyrylcarnitineCAR 4:0L-Carnitine butyryl esterO-butanoyl-carnitineO-Butanoylcarnitine
- Systematic name
- (3R)-3-(butyryloxy)-4-(trimethylazaniumyl)butanoate