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

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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
Abstract : Bencharit_2006_J.Mol.Biol_363_201
ESTHER : Bencharit_2006_J.Mol.Biol_363_201
PubMedSearch : Bencharit_2006_J.Mol.Biol_363_201
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
Abstract : Bellizzi_2000_Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A_97_4573
ESTHER : Bellizzi_2000_Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A_97_4573
PubMedSearch : Bellizzi_2000_Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A_97_4573
PubMedID: 10781062
Gene_locus related to this paper: bovin-ppt , human-PPT1