carnitine

aminoacid active in mitochondria
ChemicalSubstance group_of_stereoisomers Q243309
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carnitine

Summary

carnitine is a group of stereoisomers[1]. carnitine ranks in the top 5% of group_of_stereoisomers entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (466 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • carnitine's instance of is recorded as group of stereoisomers[3].
  • carnitine's chemical structure is recorded as Carnitine.svg[4].
  • carnitine's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 406-76-8[5].
  • carnitine's EC number is recorded as 206-976-6[6].
  • carnitine's canonical SMILES is recorded as CN+(C)CC(CC(=O)[O-])ON+(C)CC(CC(=O)[O-])O">[7].
  • carnitine's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C7H15NO3/c1-8(2,3)5-6(9)4-7(10)11/h6,9H,4-5H2,1-3H3/t6-/m1/s1[8].
  • carnitine's InChIKey is recorded as PHIQHXFUZVPYII-UHFFFAOYSA-N[9].
  • carnitine's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85143975[10].
  • carnitine's ATC code is recorded as A16AA01[11].
  • carnitine's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 120496452[12].
  • carnitine's chemical formula is recorded as C₇H₁₅NO₃[13].
  • carnitine's subclass of is recorded as zwitterion[14].
  • carnitine's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00565066[15].
  • carnitine's part of is recorded as carnitine metabolic process[16].
  • carnitine's part of is recorded as carnitine biosynthetic process[17].
  • carnitine's part of is recorded as carnitine transmembrane transport[18].
  • carnitine's part of is recorded as carnitine transmembrane transporter activity[19].
  • carnitine's part of is recorded as carnitine transport[20].
  • carnitine's part of is recorded as carnitine:acyl carnitine antiporter activity[21].
  • carnitine's part of is recorded as carnitine catabolic process[22].
  • carnitine's part of is recorded as gamma-butyrobetaine dioxygenase activity[23].
  • carnitine's part of is recorded as carnitine 3-dehydrogenase activity[24].
  • carnitine's part of is recorded as carnitine decarboxylase activity[25].
  • carnitine's Commons category is recorded as Carnitine[26].
  • carnitine's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D002331[27].

Why It Matters

carnitine ranks in the top 5% of group_of_stereoisomers entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (466 views/month).[2] carnitine has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] carnitine is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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