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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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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(-);   Formula=C4H7O2;   InChI=1S/C4H8O2/c1-2-3-4(5)6/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,5,6)/p-1;   InChIKey=FERIUCNNQQJTOY-UHFFFAOYSA-M;   SMILES=CCCC([O-])=O;   butanate;   butanoate;   butanoic acid, ion(1-);   n-butanoate;   n-butyrate;   propanecarboxylate;   propylformate
 alt_id: CHEBI:13924;   CHEBI:22946
 xref: Beilstein:3601060;   CAS:461-55-2;   Gmelin:324289;   KEGG:C00246;   MetaCyc:BUTYRIC_ACID;   PMID:17190852;   PMID:7496326;   Reaxys:3601060;   UM-BBD_compID:c0035
 cyclic_relationship: is_conjugate_base_of CHEBI:30772


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  CHEBI ontology 0
    role 0
      biological role 0
        biochemical role 0
          metabolite 0
            butyrate 0
              (3R)-4-(dimethylammonio)-3-hydroxybutanoate 0
              (R)-2-hydroxy-4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)butyrate 0
              (R)-3-[(R)-3-hydroxybutanoyloxy]butanoate 0
              (S)-2-acetyl-2-hydroxybutanoate 0
              2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoate + 0
              2-hydroxybutyrate + 0
              2-methyl-3-hydroxybutyrate + 0
              2-methylacetoacetate 0
              2-oxobutanoate 0
              3-hydroxybutyrate + 0
              3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate 0
              4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)-2-oxobutyrate 0
              4-(methylamino)butyrate 0
              4-acetamidobutanoate 0
              4-amino-3-hydroxybutanoate 0
              4-hydroxybutyrate 0
              4-methylthio-2-oxobutanoate + 0
              L-2,4-diaminobutyrate 0
              L-2-amino-3-oxobutanoate 0
              L-2-aminobutyrate 0
              O-butyryl-L-serine residue 0
              acetoacetate 0
              carnitine + 0
              gamma-aminobutyrate + 0
              sodium butyrate 0
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    subatomic particle 0
      composite particle 0
        hadron 0
          baryon 0
            nucleon 0
              atomic nucleus 0
                atom 0
                  main group element atom 0
                    p-block element atom 0
                      carbon group element atom 0
                        carbon atom 0
                          organic molecular entity 0
                            organic ion 0
                              organic anion 0
                                carboxylic acid anion 0
                                  monocarboxylic acid anion 0
                                    fatty acid anion 0
                                      short-chain fatty acid anion 0
                                        fatty acid anion 4:0 0
                                          butyrate 0
                                            (3R)-4-(dimethylammonio)-3-hydroxybutanoate 0
                                            (R)-2-hydroxy-4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)butyrate 0
                                            (R)-3-[(R)-3-hydroxybutanoyloxy]butanoate 0
                                            (S)-2-acetyl-2-hydroxybutanoate 0
                                            2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutanoate + 0
                                            2-hydroxybutyrate + 0
                                            2-methyl-3-hydroxybutyrate + 0
                                            2-methylacetoacetate 0
                                            2-oxobutanoate 0
                                            3-hydroxybutyrate + 0
                                            3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate 0
                                            4-(hydroxymethylphosphinyl)-2-oxobutyrate 0
                                            4-(methylamino)butyrate 0
                                            4-acetamidobutanoate 0
                                            4-amino-3-hydroxybutanoate 0
                                            4-hydroxybutyrate 0
                                            4-methylthio-2-oxobutanoate + 0
                                            L-2,4-diaminobutyrate 0
                                            L-2-amino-3-oxobutanoate 0
                                            L-2-aminobutyrate 0
                                            O-butyryl-L-serine residue 0
                                            acetoacetate 0
                                            carnitine + 0
                                            gamma-aminobutyrate + 0
                                            sodium butyrate 0
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