Molecule: sphinganine

A 2-aminooctadecane-1,3-diol having (2S,3R)-configuration.
Synonyms for sphinganine :
(2S,3R)-2-amino-1,3-octadecanediol
(2S,3R)-2-aminooctadecane-1,3-diol
(R-(R*,S*))-2-aminooctadecane-1,3-diol
2-Amino-1,3-dihydroxyoctadecane
C18-dihydrosphingosine
C18-sphinganine
D-erythro-1,3-dihydroxy-2-aminooctadecane
D-erythro-2-amino-1,3-octadecanediol
D-erythro-C18-dihydrosphingosine
Dihydrosphingosine
Safingol
Sphinganine
d18:0
octadecasphinganine
Molecular Formula: C18H39NO2
Molecular wt: 301.50780 g/mole
Charge: 0
SMILES: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCC[C@@H](O)[C@@H](N)CO
InChIKey: OTKJDMGTUTTYMP-ZWKOTPCHSA-N
InChI=1S/C18H39NO2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-18(21)17(19)16-20/h17-18,20-21H,2-16,19H2,1H3/t17-,18+/m0/s1
CHEBI:16566
Sample reactions for this molecule:
3-ketosphinganine + NADPH + H+ => sphinganine + NADP+
sphinganine + stearyl-CoA => dihydroceramide + CoASH
sphinganine (dihydrosphingosine) +ATP => sphinganine 1-phosphate + ADP
sphinganine 1-phosphate + H2O => sphinganine + orthophosphate