Classification Term: 2845

CDP-ethanolamines (ontology term: CHEMONTID:0004795)

found 1 associated metabolites at family metabolite taxonomy ontology rank level.

Ancestor: Pyrimidine ribonucleoside diphosphates

Child Taxonomies: There is no child term of current ontology term.

CDP-ethanolamine

(2-aminoethoxy)[({[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(2-hydroxy-4-imino-1,4-dihydropyrimidin-1-yl)oxolan-2-yl]methoxy}(hydroxy)phosphoryl)oxy]phosphinic acid

C11H20N4O11P2 (446.0604)

CDP-ethanolamine, also known as cytidine 5’-diphosphoethanolamine, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as CDP-ethanolamines. These are phosphoethanolamines that consist of an ethanolamine having a cytidine 5-diphosphate moiety attached to the oxygen. CDP-ethanolamine is a very strong basic compound (based on its pKa). In humans, CDP-ethanolamine is involved in phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis. Outside of the human body, CDP-ethanolamine has been detected, but not quantified in, several different foods, such as Chinese water chestnuts, buffalo currants, red huckleberries, eggplants, and brazil nuts. This could make CDP-ethanolamine a potential biomarker for the consumption of these foods. Cytidine is a molecule (known as a nucleoside) that is formed when cytosine is attached to a ribose ring (also known as a ribofuranose) via a beta-N1-glycosidic bond. [HMDB]. CDP-Ethanolamine is found in many foods, some of which are allspice, hedge mustard, wasabi, and green vegetables.