CHEBI:25351 - mevalonic acid

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ChEBI Name mevalonic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:25351
Definition A racemate composed of equimolar amounts of (R)- and (S)-mevalonic acid.
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Formula C6H12O4
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 148.158
Monoisotopic Mass 148.07356
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) From MetaboLights See: MetaboLights Study
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) Found in urine (BTO:0001419). See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) Found in blood (UBERON:0000178). See: PubMed
C57bl/6 mouse From MetaboLights See: MetaboLights Study
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): human urinary metabolite
Any metabolite (endogenous or exogenous) found in human urine samples.
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351) has part (R)-mevalonic acid (CHEBI:17710)
mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351) has part (S)-mevalonic acid (CHEBI:28880)
mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351) has role human urinary metabolite (CHEBI:84087)
mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351) is a racemate (CHEBI:60911)
mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351) is conjugate acid of mevalonate (CHEBI:25350)
Incoming mevalonolactone (CHEBI:194429) has functional parent mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351)
mevalonyl-CoA (CHEBI:133868) has functional parent mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351)
mevalonate (CHEBI:25350) is conjugate base of mevalonic acid (CHEBI:25351)
IUPAC Name
rac-3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylpentanoic acid
Synonyms Sources
(±)-2,4-dideoxy-3-C-methylpentonic acid ChEBI
(±)-3,5-dihydroxy-3-methylvaleric acid ChEBI
(±)-mevalonic acid ChEBI
(±)-MVA ChEBI
(3RS)-mevalonic acid ChEBI
(RS)-mevalonic acid ChEBI
DL-mevalonic acid HMDB
rac-mevalonic acid ChEBI
rac-MVA ChEBI
racemic mevalonic acid ChEBI
RS-mevalonic acid HMDB
Manual Xrefs Databases
HMDB0000227 HMDB
Mevalonic_acid Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
150-97-0 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
1722595 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
1722595 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
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23 March 2023