CHEBI:35819 - branched-chain fatty acid

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ChEBI Name branched-chain fatty acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:35819
Definition Any fatty acid in which the parent hydrocarbon chain has one or more alkyl substituents; a common component in animal and bacterial lipids. The fatty acyl chain is usually saturated and the substituent a methyl group; however, unsaturated BCFAs are found in marine animals, and branches other than methyl are found in microbial lipids.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:3166, CHEBI:22919
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Related Structures
branched-chain fatty acid is a Conjugate Acid of
branched-chain fatty acid anion
Definition : Any fatty acid anion with a carbon side-chain or isopropyl termination.
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