RefMet Compound Details

MW structure28710 (View MW Metabolite Database details)
RefMet nameSqualene
Systematic nameSqualene
SMILESCC(=CCC/C(=C/CC/C(=C/CC/C=C(\C)/CC/C=C(\C)/CCC=C(C)C)/C)/C)C   Run Tanimoto similarity search (with similarity coefficient >=0.6)
Exact mass410.391250 (neutral)
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FormulaC30H50View other entries in RefMet with this formula
InChIInChI=1S/C30H50/c1-25(2)15-11-19-29(7)23-13-21-27(5)17-9-10-18-28(6)22-14-24-30(8)20-12-16-26(3)4/h15-18,23-24H,9-14,19-22H2,1-8H3
/b27-17+,28-18+,29-23+,30-24+
InChIKeyYYGNTYWPHWGJRM-AAJYLUCBSA-NView other enantiomers/diastereomers of this metabolite in RefMet
Super ClassPrenol Lipids
Main ClassIsoprenoids
Sub ClassC30 isoprenoids
Pubchem CID5280370
Annotation level1   (1:Known structure; 2:Known regiochemistry; 3:Partial structure; 4:Sum-composition)

Table of KEGG reactions in human pathways involving Squalene

Rxn IDKEGG ReactionEnzyme
R12355 Squalene + 2 Ferrocytochrome b5 + Oxygen + 2 H+ <=> (S)-2,3-Epoxysqualene + 2 Ferricytochrome b5 + H2OSqualene + 2 Ferrocytochrome b5 + Oxygen + 2 H+ <=> (S)-2,3-Epoxysqualene + 2 Ferricytochrome b5 + H2O
R02872 Presqualene diphosphate + NADPH + H+ <=> Diphosphate + Squalene + NADP+presqualene-diphosphate diphosphate-lyase (reducing, squalene-forming)
R02874 Squalene + Oxygen + [Reduced NADPH---hemoprotein reductase] <=> (S)-2,3-Epoxysqualene + [Oxidized NADPH---hemoprotein reductase] + H2Osqualene,NADPH-hemoprotein:oxygen oxidoreductase (2,3-epoxidizing)
R06223 2 trans,trans-Farnesyl diphosphate + NADPH + H+ <=> Squalene + 2 Diphosphate + NADP+squalene synthase

Table of KEGG human pathways containing Squalene

Pathway IDHuman Pathway# of reactions
hsa00100 Steroid biosynthesis 2
hsa01100 Metabolic pathways 2
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