Showing chemical card for CDP-DG(20:4(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)/20:3(5Z,8Z,11Z)) (CFc000096404)
Record Information
Version
1.0
Creation Date
2022-08-28 10:25:12 UTC
Update Date
2022-09-13 21:09:10 UTC
Chemfont ID
CFc000096404
Molecule Identification
Common Name
CDP-DG(20:4(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)/20:3(5Z,8Z,11Z))
Definition
CDP-DG(20:4(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)/20:3(5Z,8Z,11Z)) is a cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerol or CDP-diacylglycerol (CDP-DG). CDP-diacylglycerol is an important branchpoint intermediate in eukaryotic phospholipid biosynthesis and could be a key regulatory molecule in phospholipid metabolism. It is a glycerophospholipid in which a cytidine diphosphate moiety occupies a glycerol substitution site. As is the case with diacylglycerols, CDP-diacylglycerols can have many different combinations of fatty acids of varying lengths and saturation attached at the C-1 and C-2 positions. Fatty acids containing 16, 18 and 20 carbons are the most common. CDP-DG(20:4(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)/20:3(5Z,8Z,11Z)), in particular, consists of one chain of arachidonic acid at the C-1 position and one chain of mead acid at the C-2 position. Cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerols are rarely noticed in analyses of lipid compositions of tissues, as they are present is such small amounts (perhaps only 0.05% or so of the total phospholipids).
Belongs to the class of organic compounds known as cdp-diacylglycerols. These are glycerolipids containing a diacylglycerol, with a cytidine diphosphate attached to the oxygen O1 or O2 of the glycerol part.
