Palmitate

Palmitic acid is a common saturated fatty acid with a 16-carbon backbone found in fats and waxes including olive oil, palm oil, as well as in butter, cheese, milk and meat. Product of hydrolysis of Palmitate esters

General

Type : Natural, Fatty acid, Hexadecanoate, Palmitate

Chemical_Nomenclature : hexadecanoic acid

Canonical SMILES : CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O

InChI : InChI=1S\/C16H32O2\/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16(17)18\/h2-15H2,1H3,(H,17,18)

InChIKey : IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Other name(s) : Palmitic acid, Hexadecanoic acid, Cetylic acid, C16 fatty acid, C16:0, N-Hexadecanoic acid

MW : 256.43

Formula : C16H32O2

CAS_number : 57-10-3

PubChem : 985

UniChem : IPCSVZSSVZVIGE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

References (2)

Title : Multisite promiscuity in the processing of endogenous substrates by human carboxylesterase 1 - Bencharit_2006_J.Mol.Biol_363_201

Author(s) : Bencharit S , Edwards CC , Morton CL , Howard-Williams EL , Kuhn P , Potter PM , Redinbo MR

Ref : Journal of Molecular Biology , 363 :201 , 2006

PubMedID: 16962139

Gene_locus related to this paper: human-CES1

Title : The crystal structure of palmitoyl protein thioesterase 1 and the molecular basis of infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis - Bellizzi_2000_Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A_97_4573

Author(s) : Bellizzi JJ, 3rd , Widom J , Kemp C , Lu JY , Das AK , Hofmann SL , Clardy J

Ref : Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A , 97 :4573 , 2000

PubMedID: 10781062

Gene_locus related to this paper: bovin-ppt , human-PPT1

Palmitate

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References (2)

1. Multisite promiscuity in the processing of endogenous substrates by human carboxylesterase 1 - Bencharit_2006_J.Mol.Biol_363_201

2. The crystal structure of palmitoyl protein thioesterase 1 and the molecular basis of infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis - Bellizzi_2000_Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A_97_4573