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citric acid
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A tricarboxylic acid that is propane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid bearing a hydroxy substituent at position 2. It is an important metabolite in the pathway of all aerobic organisms.
Term info
Label
citric acid
Synonyms
- 2-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid
- CITRIC ACID
- Citric acid
Subsets
3_STAR
charge
0
formula
C6H8O7
has alternative id
CHEBI:41523, CHEBI:3727, CHEBI:23322
has obo namespace
chebi_ontology
has related synonym
2-Hydroxytricarballylic acid, 2-Hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, 3-Carboxy-3-hydroxypentane-1,5-dioic acid, Citronensaeure, E330, H3cit
id
CHEBI:30769
inchi
InChI=1S/C6H8O7/c7-3(8)1-6(13,5(11)12)2-4(9)10/h13H,1-2H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)(H,11,12)
inchikey
KRKNYBCHXYNGOX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
mass
192.12350
monoisotopicmass
192.02700
smiles
OC(=O)CC(O)(CC(O)=O)C(O)=O
Term relations
Subclass of:
- tricarboxylic acid
- has role some antimicrobial agent
- is conjugate acid of some citrate(1-)
- has role some food acidity regulator
- is conjugate acid of some citrate anion
- has role some fundamental metabolite
- has role some chelator
Related from:
has functional parent
- (3S)-citryl-CoA
- 2-[(L-alanin-3-ylcarbamoyl)methyl]-2-hydroxybutanedioate(2-)
- staphyloferrin B
- schizokinen
- vibrioferrin
- staphyloferrin A
- beta-citryl-Glu-Glu
- N(alpha)-citryl-N(epsilon)-acetyl-N(epsilon)-hydroxylysine
- 2-methylcitric acid
- beta-citrylglutamic acid
- iron(III) dicitrate(3-)
- rhizobactin 1021