Classification Term: 1248
Monoalkylglycerophosphocholines (ontology term: CHEMONTID:0001414)
Compounds containing glycerophosphocholine moiety attached to an fatty acyl chain through an ether bond." []
found 2 associated metabolites at category metabolite taxonomy ontology rank level.
Ancestor: Glycerophosphocholines
Child Taxonomies: There is no child term of current ontology term.
1-O-Hexadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
C24H52NO6P (481.35320620000005)
LysoPC(O-18:0/0:0)
C26H56NO6P (509.38450460000007)
1-Octadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine is an intermediate in the ether lipid metabolism pathway. 1-Octadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine is irreversibly produced from 2-acetyl-1-(9Z-octadecenyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine via the enzyme 1-alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine esterase (EC 3.1.1.47). 1-Octadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine is an ether phospho-ether lipid. Ether lipids are lipids in which one or more of the carbon atoms on glycerol are bonded to an alkyl chain via an ether linkage, as opposed to the usual ester linkage. Plasmalogens are glycerol ether phospholipids. They are of two types, alkyl ether (-O-CH2-) and alkenyl ether (-O-CH=CH-). Dihydroxyacetone phosphate (DHAP) serves as the glycerol precursor for the synthesis of plasmalogens. Three major classes of plasmalogens have been identified: choline, ethanolamine and serine derivatives. Ethanolamine plasmalogen is prevalent in myelin. Choline plasmalogen is abundant in cardiac tissue. Usually, the highest proportion of the plasmalogen form is in the ethanolamine class with rather less in choline, and commonly little or none in other phospholipids such as phosphatidylinositol. In choline plasmalogens of most tissues, a higher proportion is often of the O-alkyl rather than the O-alkenyl form, but the reverse tends to be true in heart lipids. In animal tissues, the alkyl and alkenyl moieties in both non-polar and phospholipids tend to be rather simple in composition with 16:0, 18:0 and 18:1 (double bond in position 9) predominating. Ether analogues of triacylglycerols, i.e. 1-alkyldiacyl-sn-glycerols, are present at trace levels only if at all in most animal tissues, but they can be major components of some marine lipids. 1-Octadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine is an intermediate in the ether lipid metabolism pathway. 1-Octadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine is irreversibly produced from 2-acetyl-1-(9Z-octadecenyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine via the enzyme 1-alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine esterase (EC 3.1.1.47). 1-Octadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine is an ether phospho-ether lipid. Ether lipids are lipids in which one or more of the carbon atoms on glycerol are bonded to an alkyl chain via an ether linkage, as opposed to the usual ester linkage.