Compound

O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine

An O-acyl-L-carnitine in which the acyl group is specified as lauroyl (dodecanoyl).

Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:77086), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.

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Structure

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Class: Organic compound
Formula: C19H37NO4
Mass: 343.508 g/mol
Charge: 0
InChIKey: FUJLYHJROOYKRA-QGZVFWFLSA-N
SMILES: CCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O[C@H](CC(=O)[O-])C[N+](C)(C)C
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Identity from ChEBI. Not evidence.

What it touches on the way

Mechanistic reach

8 entities

8 entities reached.

0 reported hops8 assembled from the scaffold

What the reference databases state

Statements

10 statements

10 statements · 2 reference databases · Subject: O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine · Sources: Human-GEM, Rhea

Order

O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine is a substrate of CPT1AProteinHuman-GEM MAR02602Inferred only
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine is a substrate of CPT1BProteinHuman-GEM MAR02602Inferred only
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine is a substrate of CPT1CProteinHuman-GEM MAR02602Inferred only
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine is a substrate of CPT2ProteinRhea RHEA:40279Inferred only
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine is a substrate of CPT2ProteinHuman-GEM MAR02604Inferred only
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine is a substrate of CRATProteinHuman-GEM MAR02604Inferred only
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine is a substrate of CRATProteinHuman-GEM MAR02788Inferred only
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine is transported by SLC22A4ProteinHuman-GEM MAR02603Inferred only
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine is transported by SLC22A5ProteinHuman-GEM MAR02787Inferred only
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine is transported by SLC25A20ProteinHuman-GEM MAR02603Inferred only

Reactions

8 reactions

CHEBI:1146900+O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitinedodecanoyl-CoA+(S)-carnitine
Catalysed by CPT1A or CPT1C or CPT1B
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 2.3.1.21GO:0005829
Human-GEM MAR02602CC BY 4.0Reference data
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine+(S)-carnitineO-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine+(S)-carnitine
Transported by SLC25A20 or SLC22A4
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedGO:0005759, GO:0005829
Human-GEM MAR02603CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:1146900+O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitinedodecanoyl-CoA+(S)-carnitine
Catalysed by CRAT or CPT2
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 2.3.1.7GO:0005759
Human-GEM MAR02604CC BY 4.0Reference data
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine+(S)-carnitineO-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine+(S)-carnitine
Transported by SLC22A5
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedGO:0005783, GO:0005829
Human-GEM MAR02787CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:1146900+O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitinedodecanoyl-CoA+(S)-carnitine
Catalysed by CRAT
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 2.3.1.7GO:0005783
Human-GEM MAR02788CC BY 4.0Reference data
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine
Reaction pageReversibleBalance undeterminableGO:0005615
Human-GEM MAR04923CC BY 4.0Reference data
O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitineO-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedGO:0005615, GO:0005829
Human-GEM MAR11266CC BY 4.0Reference data
dodecanoyl-CoA+(R)-carnitineO-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine+coenzyme A(4-)
Catalysed by CPT2
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:40279CC BY 4.0Reference data

Where it reaches

3 systems, 3 regions, 5 tissues, 5 transporter routes — routes, not measurements: transporters known to carry O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine are expressed there, and no source reports it arriving.

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Respiratory

Digestive

Musculoskeletal

Other names

12 names

Resolves to: O-dodecanoyl-R-carnitine

Also called: (-)-Lauroylcarnitine(3R)-3-(dodecanoyloxy)-4-(trimethylammonio)butanoate(R)-DodecanoylcarnitineCAR 12:0Dodecanoyl-L-carnitineDodecanoylcarnitineL-Carnitine dodecanoyl esterLauroyl-L-carnitineLauroylcarnitinelaurylcarnitineO-dodecanoyl-(R)-carnitine
Systematic name: (3R)-3-(dodecanoyloxy)-4-(trimethylazaniumyl)butanoate