Accession Number: pdtdbl00075

Details of the Ligand

Ligand Name : Isocaproic acid
Systematic Names : 4-Methylvaleric acid; 4-Methylpentanoic acid; Isocaproic acid; Isohexanoic acid; Isobutylacetic acid
Molecular Formula : C6H12O2
Molecular Weight : g/mol
IUPAC Name : 4-methylpentanoic acid
Canonical SMILES : CC(C)CCC(=O)O
Ligand Description :
A methyl-branched fatty acid that is pentanoic acid with a methyl group substituent at position 4. Isocaproic acid, a metabolite of 20 alpha-hydroxycholesterol and is an important metabolite in early placentas enabling the convertion from cholesterol to pregnenolone to Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).
Related Plants :
Pineapple
Ligand Related Dockings :
NA
Ligand References :
  1. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/4-Methylvaleric_acid
  2. http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/name/4-methylvaleric%20acid
Isocaproic acid

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