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acetyl coenzyme A
Sign in to saveAlso known as acetyl-CoA, acetylCoA, S-acetyl coenzyme A, S-acetyl-coenzyme A, S-acetyl-CoA, AcCoA
Chemical data
- Formula
- C23H38N7O17P3S
- Molecular weight
- 809.6 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- S-[2-[3-[[(2R)-4-[[[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-5-(6-aminopurin-9-yl)-4-hydroxy-3-phosphonooxyoxolan-2-yl]methoxy-hydroxyphosphoryl]oxy-hydroxyphosphoryl]oxy-2-hydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutanoyl]amino]propanoylamino]ethyl] ethanethioate
- SMILES
- CC(=O)SCCNC(=O)CCNC(=O)[C@@H](C(C)(C)COP(=O)(O)OP(=O)(O)OC[C@@H]1[C@H]([C@H]([C@@H](O1)N2C=NC3=C(N=CN=C32)N)O)OP(=O)(O)O)O
- InChIKey
- ZSLZBFCDCINBPY-ZSJPKINUSA-N
- XLogP
- -5.6
- Polar surface area
- 389 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 9
- H-bond acceptors
- 22
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Role
- Biosynthesis
- Extramitochondrial
- Intramitochondrial
- Functions
- Intermediates in various pathways
- See also
- References
- External links
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Acetyl-CoA (acetyl coenzyme A) is a molecule that participates in many biochemical reactions in protein, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Its main function is to deliver the acetyl group to the citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle) to be oxidized for energy production.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “acetyl coenzyme A” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.