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choline

organic cation
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choline

Summary

choline is a type of chemical entity[1]. choline ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,968 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • choline's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • choline's canonical SMILES is recorded as CN+(C)CCON+(C)CCO">[4].
  • choline's chemical formula is recorded as C₅H₁₄NO⁺[5].
  • choline is a type of quaternary ammonium cation[6].
  • choline is a type of primary alcohol[7].
  • choline is part of choline binding[8].
  • choline is part of glycine betaine biosynthetic process from choline[9].
  • choline is part of ABC-type choline transporter activity[10].
  • choline is part of choline:sodium symporter activity[11].
  • choline is part of choline transmembrane transporter activity[12].
  • choline is part of choline transport[13].
  • choline is part of choline metabolic process[14].
  • choline is part of choline biosynthetic process via CDP-choline[15].
  • choline is part of choline biosynthetic process via N-monomethylethanolamine[16].
  • choline is part of choline biosynthetic process via phosphoryl-ethanolamine[17].
  • choline is part of choline biosynthetic process[18].
  • choline is part of choline catabolic process[19].
  • choline is part of acetylcholinesterase activity[20].
  • choline is part of choline O-acetyltransferase activity[21].
  • choline is part of choline kinase activity[22].
  • choline is part of cholinesterase activity[23].
  • choline is part of choline dehydrogenase activity[24].
  • choline is part of choline:oxygen 1-oxidoreductase activity[25].
  • choline is part of sinapoylglucose-choline O-sinapoyltransferase activity[26].
  • choline is part of glycerophosphocholine phosphodiesterase activity[27].

Why It Matters

choline ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,968 views/month).[2] choline has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] choline is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. 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] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. 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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  1. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Found in taxon → Homo sapiens, Matricaria chamomilla, Amanita muscaria +111
    Different from → Cholín
    Subclass of → —
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4695534
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007285757205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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