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monensin

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monensin

Summary

monensin is a type of chemical entity[1]. monensin ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • monensin's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • monensin's chemical structure is recorded as Monensin A.svg[4].
  • monensin's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 17090-79-8[5].
  • monensin's EC number is recorded as 241-154-0[6].
  • monensin's canonical SMILES is recorded as CCC1(CCC(O1)C2(CCC3(O2)CC(C(C(O3)C(C)C(C(C)C(=O)O)OC)C)O)C)C4C(CC(O4)C5C(CC(C(O5)(CO)O)C)C)C[7].
  • monensin's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C36H62O11/c1-10-34(31-20(3)16-26(43-31)28-19(2)15-21(4)36(41,18-37)46-28)12-11-27(44-34)33(8)13-14-35(47-33)17-25(38)22(5)30(45-35)23(6)29(42-9)24(7)32(39)40/h19-31,37-38,41H,10-18H2,1-9H3,(H,39,40)/t19-,20-,21+,22+,23-,24-,25-,26+,27+,28-,29+,30-,31+,33-,34-,35+,36-/m0/s1[8].
  • monensin's InChIKey is recorded as GAOZTHIDHYLHMS-KEOBGNEYSA-N[9].
  • monensin's chemical formula is recorded as C₃₆H₆₂O₁₁[10].
  • monensin's subclass of is recorded as carboxylic acid[11].
  • monensin's subclass of is recorded as monensin[12].
  • monensin's subclass of is recorded as (2S,3R,4S)-4-[(2S,7S,8R,9S)-2-[(2S,2'R,3'S,5R,5'R)-2-ethyl-5'-[(2S,3S,5R,6R)-6-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3,5-dimethyloxan-2-yl]-3'-methyl-[2,2'-bioxolan]-5-yl]-9-hydroxy-2,8-dimethyl-1,6-dioxaspiro[4.5]decan-7-yl]-3-methoxy-2-methylpentanoic acid[13].
  • monensin's part of is recorded as monensin A metabolic process[14].
  • monensin's part of is recorded as monensin A catabolic process[15].
  • monensin's part of is recorded as monensin A biosynthetic process[16].
  • monensin's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D008985[17].
  • monensin's ChEMBL ID is recorded as CHEMBL256105[18].
  • monensin's E number is recorded as E714[19].
  • monensin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g1l6w[20].
  • monensin's UNII is recorded as 906O0YJ6ZP[21].
  • monensin's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 389937[22].
  • monensin's PubChem CID is recorded as 441145[23].
  • monensin's KEGG ID is recorded as D08228[24].
  • monensin's MeSH tree code is recorded as D03.383.312.600[25].
  • monensin's MeSH tree code is recorded as D02.355.291.933.500[26].
  • monensin's MeSH tree code is recorded as D02.540.576.625.500[27].

Why It Matters

monensin ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28 views/month).[2] monensin has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] monensin is known by 3 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] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ChEMBL. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ChEBI. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 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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  1. 19d ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Part of → monensin A metabolic process, monensin A catabolic process, monensin A biosynthetic process
    Stereoisomer of → monensin (unspec.)
    Found in taxon → Streptomyces cinnamonensis, Streptomyces glaucescens
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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