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Record Information
Version5.0
StatusDetected and Quantified
Creation Date2006-05-22 14:17:49 UTC
Update Date2022-03-07 02:49:15 UTC
HMDB IDHMDB0002356
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • HMDB0060125
  • HMDB02356
  • HMDB60125
Metabolite Identification
Common NameHexacosanoic acid
DescriptionHexacosanoic acid, or cerotic acid, is a 26-carbon long-chain saturated fatty acid with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)24COOH. It is most commonly found in beeswax and carnauba wax, and is a white crystalline solid. Cerotic acid is also a type of very long chain fatty acid that is often associated with the disease adrenoleukodystrophy, which involves the excessive saturation of unmetabolized fatty acid chains, including cerotic acid, in the peroxisome. Hexacosanoic acid, also known as C26:0 or N-hexacosanoate, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as very long-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains at least 22 carbon atoms. Hexacosanoic acid is a very hydrophobic molecule, practically insoluble in water, and relatively neutral. Hexacosanoic acid is a potentially toxic compound.
Structure
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Synonyms
Chemical FormulaC26H52O2
Average Molecular Weight396.6899
Monoisotopic Molecular Weight396.396730908
IUPAC Namehexacosanoic acid
Traditional Namehexacosanoic acid
CAS Registry Number506-46-7
SMILES
CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)=O
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/C26H52O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26(27)28/h2-25H2,1H3,(H,27,28)
InChI KeyXMHIUKTWLZUKEX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Chemical Taxonomy
Description Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as very long-chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with an aliphatic tail that contains at least 22 carbon atoms.
KingdomOrganic compounds
Super ClassLipids and lipid-like molecules
ClassFatty Acyls
Sub ClassFatty acids and conjugates
Direct ParentVery long-chain fatty acids
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Very long-chain fatty acid
  • Straight chain fatty acid
  • Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives
  • Carboxylic acid
  • Carboxylic acid derivative
  • Organic oxygen compound
  • Organic oxide
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Organooxygen compound
  • Carbonyl group
  • Aliphatic acyclic compound
Molecular FrameworkAliphatic acyclic compounds
External Descriptors
Ontology
Physiological effectNot Available
Disposition
Biological locationSource
Process
Role
Physical Properties
StateSolid
Experimental Molecular Properties
PropertyValueReference
Melting Point88.5 °CNot Available
Boiling PointNot AvailableNot Available
Water SolubilityNot AvailableNot Available
LogPNot AvailableNot Available
Experimental Chromatographic PropertiesNot Available
Predicted Molecular Properties
Predicted Chromatographic Properties
Spectra
Biological Properties
Cellular Locations
  • Cytoplasm
  • Extracellular
  • Membrane
Biospecimen Locations
  • Blood
Tissue Locations
  • Adrenal Gland
  • Fibroblasts
Pathways
Normal Concentrations
Abnormal Concentrations
Associated Disorders and Diseases
Disease References
Adrenomyeloneuropathy
  1. Sadeghi-Nejad A, Senior B: Adrenomyeloneuropathy presenting as Addison's disease in childhood. N Engl J Med. 1990 Jan 4;322(1):13-6. [PubMed:2294415 ]
Adrenoleukodystrophy, neonatal
  1. G.Frauendienst-Egger, Friedrich K. Trefz (2017). MetaGene: Metabolic & Genetic Information Center (MIC: http://www.metagene.de). METAGENE consortium.
Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata
  1. Baumgartner MR, Poll-The BT, Verhoeven NM, Jakobs C, Espeel M, Roels F, Rabier D, Levade T, Rolland MO, Martinez M, Wanders RJ, Saudubray JM: Clinical approach to inherited peroxisomal disorders: a series of 27 patients. Ann Neurol. 1998 Nov;44(5):720-30. [PubMed:9818927 ]
Peroxisomal biogenesis defect
  1. Baumgartner MR, Poll-The BT, Verhoeven NM, Jakobs C, Espeel M, Roels F, Rabier D, Levade T, Rolland MO, Martinez M, Wanders RJ, Saudubray JM: Clinical approach to inherited peroxisomal disorders: a series of 27 patients. Ann Neurol. 1998 Nov;44(5):720-30. [PubMed:9818927 ]
  2. Mandel H, Espeel M, Roels F, Sofer N, Luder A, Iancu TC, Aizin A, Berant M, Wanders RJ, Schutgens RB: A new type of peroxisomal disorder with variable expression in liver and fibroblasts. J Pediatr. 1994 Oct;125(4):549-55. [PubMed:7931872 ]
Peroxisomal disorders, new type, liver
  1. Mandel H, Espeel M, Roels F, Sofer N, Luder A, Iancu TC, Aizin A, Berant M, Wanders RJ, Schutgens RB: A new type of peroxisomal disorder with variable expression in liver and fibroblasts. J Pediatr. 1994 Oct;125(4):549-55. [PubMed:7931872 ]
  2. G.Frauendienst-Egger, Friedrich K. Trefz (2017). MetaGene: Metabolic & Genetic Information Center (MIC: http://www.metagene.de). METAGENE consortium.
Adrenoleukodystrophy
  1. Steinberg SJ, Fensom AH, Dalton NR, Toseland PA, Kennedy CR, Mowat AP: Measurement of plasma very long-chain fatty acids as a preliminary screening procedure for the diagnosis of peroxisomal disorders. J Inherit Metab Dis. 1994;17(3):323-6. [PubMed:7807943 ]
  2. ten Brink HJ, van den Heuvel CM, Poll-The BT, Wanders RJ, Jakobs C: Peroxisomal disorders: concentrations of metabolites in cerebrospinal fluid compared with plasma. J Inherit Metab Dis. 1993;16(3):587-90. [PubMed:7609459 ]
D-Bifunctional protein deficiency
  1. Watkins PA, Chen WW, Harris CJ, Hoefler G, Hoefler S, Blake DC Jr, Balfe A, Kelley RI, Moser AB, Beard ME, et al.: Peroxisomal bifunctional enzyme deficiency. J Clin Invest. 1989 Mar;83(3):771-7. [PubMed:2921319 ]
  2. Rizzo C, Boenzi S, Wanders RJ, Duran M, Caruso U, Dionisi-Vici C: Characteristic acylcarnitine profiles in inherited defects of peroxisome biogenesis: a novel tool for screening diagnosis using tandem mass spectrometry. Pediatr Res. 2003 Jun;53(6):1013-8. doi: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000064902.59052.0F. Epub 2003 Mar 19. [PubMed:12646728 ]
Pseudoneonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
  1. Poll-The BT, Roels F, Ogier H, Scotto J, Vamecq J, Schutgens RB, Wanders RJ, van Roermund CW, van Wijland MJ, Schram AW, et al.: A new peroxisomal disorder with enlarged peroxisomes and a specific deficiency of acyl-CoA oxidase (pseudo-neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy). Am J Hum Genet. 1988 Mar;42(3):422-34. [PubMed:2894756 ]
Mental retardation, enteropathy, deafness, peripheral neuropathy, ichthyosis, and keratoderma
  1. Martinelli D, Travaglini L, Drouin CA, Ceballos-Picot I, Rizza T, Bertini E, Carrozzo R, Petrini S, de Lonlay P, El Hachem M, Hubert L, Montpetit A, Torre G, Dionisi-Vici C: MEDNIK syndrome: a novel defect of copper metabolism treatable by zinc acetate therapy. Brain. 2013 Mar;136(Pt 3):872-81. doi: 10.1093/brain/awt012. Epub 2013 Feb 18. [PubMed:23423674 ]
Associated OMIM IDs
  • 300100 (Adrenomyeloneuropathy)
  • 215100 (Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata)
  • 214100 (Peroxisomal biogenesis defect)
  • 300100 (Adrenoleukodystrophy)
  • 261515 (D-Bifunctional protein deficiency)
  • 264470 (Pseudoneonatal adrenoleukodystrophy)
  • 609313 (Mental retardation, enteropathy, deafness, peripheral neuropathy, ichthyosis, and keratoderma)
DrugBank IDNot Available
Phenol Explorer Compound IDNot Available
FooDB IDFDB004035
KNApSAcK IDC00035114
Chemspider ID10037
KEGG Compound IDNot Available
BioCyc IDNot Available
BiGG ID1459812
Wikipedia LinkCerotic acid
METLIN ID6642
PubChem Compound10469
PDB IDNot Available
ChEBI ID31009
Food Biomarker OntologyNot Available
VMH IDHEXC
MarkerDB IDMDB00000391
Good Scents IDNot Available
References
Synthesis ReferenceTsuji S; Sano T; Ariga T; Miyatake T Increased synthesis of hexacosanoic acid (C23:0) by cultured skin fibroblasts from patients with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN). Journal of biochemistry (1981), 90(4), 1233-6.
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)Not Available
General References
  1. Dhaunsi GS, Kaur J, Alsaeid K, Turner RB, Bitar MS: Very long chain fatty acids activate NADPH oxidase in human dermal fibroblasts. Cell Biochem Funct. 2005 Jan-Feb;23(1):65-8. [PubMed:15565636 ]
  2. Moser HW, Moser AB, Powers JM, Nitowsky HM, Schaumburg HH, Norum RA, Migeon BR: The prenatal diagnosis of adrenoleukodystrophy. Demonstration of increased hexacosanoic acid levels in cultured amniocytes and fetal adrenal gland. Pediatr Res. 1982 Mar;16(3):172-5. [PubMed:7063272 ]
  3. Thiele I, Swainston N, Fleming RM, Hoppe A, Sahoo S, Aurich MK, Haraldsdottir H, Mo ML, Rolfsson O, Stobbe MD, Thorleifsson SG, Agren R, Bolling C, Bordel S, Chavali AK, Dobson P, Dunn WB, Endler L, Hala D, Hucka M, Hull D, Jameson D, Jamshidi N, Jonsson JJ, Juty N, Keating S, Nookaew I, Le Novere N, Malys N, Mazein A, Papin JA, Price ND, Selkov E Sr, Sigurdsson MI, Simeonidis E, Sonnenschein N, Smallbone K, Sorokin A, van Beek JH, Weichart D, Goryanin I, Nielsen J, Westerhoff HV, Kell DB, Mendes P, Palsson BO: A community-driven global reconstruction of human metabolism. Nat Biotechnol. 2013 May;31(5):419-25. doi: 10.1038/nbt.2488. Epub 2013 Mar 3. [PubMed:23455439 ]
  4. Deon M, Wajner M, Sirtori LR, Fitarelli D, Coelho DM, Sitta A, Barschak AG, Ferreira GC, Haeser A, Giugliani R, Vargas CR: The effect of Lorenzo's oil on oxidative stress in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. J Neurol Sci. 2006 Sep 25;247(2):157-64. Epub 2006 Jun 5. [PubMed:16750542 ]
  5. Brunk E, Sahoo S, Zielinski DC, Altunkaya A, Drager A, Mih N, Gatto F, Nilsson A, Preciat Gonzalez GA, Aurich MK, Prlic A, Sastry A, Danielsdottir AD, Heinken A, Noronha A, Rose PW, Burley SK, Fleming RMT, Nielsen J, Thiele I, Palsson BO: Recon3D enables a three-dimensional view of gene variation in human metabolism. Nat Biotechnol. 2018 Mar;36(3):272-281. doi: 10.1038/nbt.4072. Epub 2018 Feb 19. [PubMed:29457794 ]

Enzymes

General function:
Involved in catalytic activity
Specific function:
Activation of long-chain fatty acids for both synthesis of cellular lipids, and degradation via beta-oxidation. Preferentially uses palmitoleate, oleate and linoleate.
Gene Name:
ACSL1
Uniprot ID:
P33121
Molecular weight:
77942.685