2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320)

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ChEBI Name	2-hydroxypropanoic acid

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:78320

Definition	A 2-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid that is propanoic acid in which one of the α-hydrogens is replaced by a hydroxy group.

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Formula

C3H6O3

Net Charge

Average Mass

90.07790

Monoisotopic Mass

90.03169

InChI

InChI=1S/C3H6O3/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2,4H,1H3,(H,5,6)

InChIKey

JVTAAEKCZFNVCJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CC(O)C(O)=O

Metabolite of Species	Details
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (NCBI:txid3055)	See: PubMed
Daphnia magna (NCBI:txid35525)	See: Mixtures of similarly acting compounds in Daphnia magna: From gene to metabolite and beyondTine Vandenbrouck, Oliver A.H. Jones, Nathalie Dom, Julian L. Griffin, Wim De CoenEnvironment International 36 (2010) 254-268

Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s):	Bronsted acid A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base). (via oxoacid )

Biological Role(s):	algal metabolite Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae. Daphnia magna metabolite A Daphnia metabolite produced by the species Daphnia magna.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) has functional parent propionic acid (CHEBI:30768) 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) has role Daphnia magna metabolite (CHEBI:83056) 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735) 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) is a 2-hydroxy monocarboxylic acid (CHEBI:49302) 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) is conjugate acid of lactate (CHEBI:24996)

Incoming	3-(4-hydroxy-3,5-diiodophenyl)lactic acid (CHEBI:16122) has functional parent 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) 3-(imidazol-5-yl)lactic acid (CHEBI:27487) has functional parent 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) 3-methylbutyl 2-hydroxypropanoate (CHEBI:87534) has functional parent 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) butyl butyryllactate (CHEBI:168668) has functional parent 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) ethyl 2-hydroxypropanoate (CHEBI:78321) has functional parent 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) lactate ester (CHEBI:83219) has functional parent 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) (R)-lactic acid (CHEBI:42111) is a 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) (S)-lactic acid (CHEBI:422) is a 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320) lactate (CHEBI:24996) is conjugate base of 2-hydroxypropanoic acid (CHEBI:78320)

IUPAC Name

2-hydroxypropanoic acid

Registry Number	Type	Source
50-21-5	CAS Registry Number	KEGG COMPOUND

Last Modified

30 August 2022

General Comment
2014-04-23	This is the entry where the stereochemistry for the molecule is unspecified. There are separate entries for the (R)- and (S)-lactic acid.