CHEBI:17898 - all-trans-retinal

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ChEBI Name all-trans-retinal
ChEBI ID CHEBI:17898
ChEBI ASCII Name all-trans-retinal
Definition A retinal in which all four exocyclic double bonds have E- (trans-) geometry.
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Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:8814, CHEBI:22348, CHEBI:12776
Supplier Information ZINC000066103386
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Retinal (also known as retinaldehyde) is a polyene chromophore. Retinal, bound to proteins called opsins, is the chemical basis of visual phototransduction, the light-detection stage of visual perception (vision). Some microorganisms use retinal to convert light into metabolic energy. One study suggests that approximately three billion years ago, most living organisms on Earth used retinal, rather than chlorophyll, to convert sunlight into energy. Because retinal absorbs mostly green light and transmits purple light, this gave rise to the Purple Earth hypothesis. Retinal itself is considered to be a form of vitamin A when eaten by an animal. There are many forms of vitamin A, all of which are converted to retinal, which cannot be made without them. The number of different molecules that can be converted to retinal varies from species to species. Retinal was originally called retinene, and was renamed after it was discovered to be vitamin A aldehyde. Vertebrate animals ingest retinal directly from meat, or they produce retinal from carotenoids – either from α-carotene or β-carotene – both of which are carotenes. They also produce it from β-cryptoxanthin, a type of xanthophyll. These carotenoids must be obtained from plants or other photosynthetic organisms. No other carotenoids can be converted by animals to retinal. Some carnivores cannot convert any carotenoids at all. The other main forms of vitamin A – retinol and a partially active form, retinoic acid – may both be produced from retinal. Invertebrates such as insects and squid use hydroxylated forms of retinal in their visual systems, which derive from conversion from other xanthophylls.
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Formula C20H28O
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 284.443
Monoisotopic Mass 284.21402
InChI InChI=1S/C20H28O/c1-16(8-6-9-17(2)13-15-21)11-12-19-18(3)10-7-14-20(19,4)5/h6,8-9,11-13,15H,7,10,14H2,1-5H3/b9-6+,12-11+,16-8+,17-13+
InChIKey NCYCYZXNIZJOKI-OVSJKPMPSA-N
SMILES [H]C(=O)\C=C(/C)\C=C\C=C(/C)\C=C\C1=C(C)CCCC1(C)C
Metabolite of Species Details
Mus musculus (NCBI:txid10090) Source: BioModels - MODEL1507180067 See: PubMed
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) See: DOI
Homo sapiens (NCBI:txid9606) Found in blood (UBERON:0000178). See: Geigy Scientific Tables, 8th Rev edition, pp. 165-177. Edited by C. Lentner, West Cadwell, N.J.: Medical education Div., Ciba-Geigy Corp., Basel, Switzerland c1981-1992.
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
(via retinal )
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
gap junctional intercellular communication inhibitor
An inhibitor that interferes with the process of gap junctional intercellular communication.
metabolite
Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.
(via vitamin A )
fat-soluble vitamin (role)
Any vitamin that dissolves in fats and are stored in body tissues. Unlike the water-soluble vitamins, they are stored in the body for long periods of time and generally pose a greater risk for toxicity when consumed in excess.
(via vitamin A )
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Outgoing all-trans-retinal (CHEBI:17898) has role gap junctional intercellular communication inhibitor (CHEBI:67195)
all-trans-retinal (CHEBI:17898) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746)
all-trans-retinal (CHEBI:17898) has role mouse metabolite (CHEBI:75771)
all-trans-retinal (CHEBI:17898) is a retinal (CHEBI:15035)
all-trans-retinal (CHEBI:17898) is a vitamin A (CHEBI:12777)
Incoming (3R)-all-trans-3-hydroxyretinal (CHEBI:52228) has functional parent all-trans-retinal (CHEBI:17898)
(3S)-all-trans-3-hydroxyretinal (CHEBI:52229) has functional parent all-trans-retinal (CHEBI:17898)
all-trans-4-hydroxyretinal (CHEBI:139346) has functional parent all-trans-retinal (CHEBI:17898)
all-trans-4-oxoretinal (CHEBI:139347) has functional parent all-trans-retinal (CHEBI:17898)
N-retinylidenephosphatidylethanolamine (CHEBI:71063) has functional parent all-trans-retinal (CHEBI:17898)
IUPAC Name
(2E,4E,6E,8E)-3,7-dimethyl-9-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-yl)nona-2,4,6,8-tetraenal
Synonyms Sources
all-E-retinal ChemIDplus
all-trans-retinal KEGG COMPOUND
all-trans-retinal UniProt
all-trans-retinaldehyde NIST Chemistry WebBook
all-trans-retinene KEGG COMPOUND
all-trans-vitamin A aldehyde KEGG COMPOUND
axerophthal MetaCyc
E-retinal ChemIDplus
retinal KEGG COMPOUND
retinaldehyde ChemIDplus
retinene KEGG COMPOUND
retinene 1 ChemIDplus
retinyl aldehyde ChemIDplus
trans-retinal ChemIDplus
trans-vitamin A aldehyde HMDB
vitamin A aldehyde KEGG COMPOUND
vitamin A1 aldehyde ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs Databases
553582 ChemSpider
C00376 KEGG COMPOUND
FDB030668 FooDB
HMDB0001358 HMDB
LMPR01090002 LIPID MAPS
RET PDBeChem
Retinal Wikipedia
RETINAL MetaCyc
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
116-31-4 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
116-31-4 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
1914183 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
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Last Modified
28 July 2021