CHEBI:17737 - desmosterol

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ChEBI Name desmosterol
ChEBI ID CHEBI:17737
Definition A cholestanoid that is cholesta-5,24-diene substituted by a β-hydroxy group at position 3. It is an intermediate metabolite obtained during the synthesis of cholesterol.
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Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:4451, CHEBI:14130, CHEBI:23646
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Formula C27H44O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 384.63766
Monoisotopic Mass 384.33922
InChI InChI=1S/C27H44O/c1-18(2)7-6-8-19(3)23-11-12-24-22-10-9-20-17-21(28)13-15-26(20,4)25(22)14-16-27(23,24)5/h7,9,19,21-25,28H,6,8,10-17H2,1-5H3/t19-,21+,22+,23-,24+,25+,26+,27-/m1/s1
InChIKey AVSXSVCZWQODGV-DPAQBDIFSA-N
SMILES [H][C@@]1(CC[C@@]2([H])[C@]3([H])CC=C4C[C@@H](O)CC[C@]4(C)[C@@]3([H])CC[C@]12C)[C@H](C)CCC=C(C)C
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) See: PubMed
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
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Outgoing desmosterol (CHEBI:17737) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
desmosterol (CHEBI:17737) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
desmosterol (CHEBI:17737) is a 3β-hydroxy-Δ5-steroid (CHEBI:1722)
desmosterol (CHEBI:17737) is a 3β-sterol (CHEBI:35348)
desmosterol (CHEBI:17737) is a C27-steroid (CHEBI:131619)
desmosterol (CHEBI:17737) is a cholestanoid (CHEBI:50401)
Incoming (24Z),26-hydroxydesmosterol (CHEBI:137053) has functional parent desmosterol (CHEBI:17737)
24(S),25-epoxycholesterol (CHEBI:41633) has functional parent desmosterol (CHEBI:17737)
7-dehydrodesmosterol (CHEBI:27910) has functional parent desmosterol (CHEBI:17737)
IUPAC Name
cholesta-5,24-dien-3β-ol
Synonyms Sources
24-Dehydrocholesterol KEGG COMPOUND
3β-cholesta-5,24-dien-3-ol NIST Chemistry WebBook
Cholesta-5,24-dien-3beta-ol KEGG COMPOUND
Desmosterol KEGG COMPOUND
desmosterol UniProt
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00023743 KNApSAcK
C01802 KEGG COMPOUND
Desmosterol Wikipedia
DESMOSTEROL-CPD MetaCyc
HMDB0002719 HMDB
LMST01010016 LIPID MAPS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
2338693 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
313-04-2 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
313-04-2 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
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17 July 2021