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The Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI) ontology is downloaded weekly from EMBL-EBI at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/. The data is made available under the Creative Commons License (CC BY 3.0, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). For more information see: Degtyarenko et al. (2008) ChEBI: a database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest. Nucleic Acids Res. 36, D344–D350.

Term:butyrate
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Accession:CHEBI:17968 term browser browse the term
Definition:A short-chain fatty acid anion that is the conjugate base of butyric acid, obtained by deprotonation of the carboxy group.
Synonyms:related_synonym: 1-butanoate;   1-butyrate;   1-propanecarboxylate;   CH3-[CH2]2-COO(-);   butanate;   butanoate;   butanoic acid, ion(1-);   n-butanoate;   n-butyrate;   propanecarboxylate;   propylformate
 alt_id: CHEBI:13924;   CHEBI:22946
 xref: CAS:461-55-2;   Gmelin:324289;   Reaxys:3601060;   kegg.compound:C00246;   metacyc.compound:BUTYRIC_ACID;   pubmed:17190852;   pubmed:7496326;   umbbd.compound:c0035
 chemrof_formula: C4H7O2
 chemrof_smiles: CCCC(=O)[O-]
 chemrof_inchikey: FERIUCNNQQJTOY-UHFFFAOYSA-M
 chemrof_inchi: InChI=1S/C4H8O2/c1-2-3-4(5)6/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,5,6)/p-1
 cyclic_relationship: is_conjugate_base_of CHEBI:30772



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  CHEBI ontology 20874
    role 20844
      biological role 20831
        biochemical role 19888
          metabolite 19624
            butyrate 0
              (3R)-4-(dimethylammonio)-3-hydroxybutanoate 0
              sodium butyrate 0
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  CHEBI ontology 20874
    subatomic particle 20883
      composite particle 20883
        hadron 20872
          baryon 20883
            nucleon 20872
              atomic nucleus 20883
                atom 20872
                  main group element atom 20796
                    p-block element atom 20796
                      carbon group element atom 20712
                        carbon atom 20706
                          organic molecular entity 20706
                            organic ion 11556
                              organic anion 6893
                                carboxylic acid anion 2553
                                  monocarboxylic acid anion 1673
                                    fatty acid anion 25
                                      short-chain fatty acid anion 24
                                        fatty acid anion 4:0 0
                                          butyrate 0
                                            (3R)-4-(dimethylammonio)-3-hydroxybutanoate 0
                                            sodium butyrate 0
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