Chemical Component Summary

NameDECANOIC ACID
Identifiersdecanoic acid
FormulaC10 H20 O2
Molecular Weight172.265
TypeNON-POLYMER
Isomeric SMILESCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C10H20O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10(11)12/h2-9H2,1H3,(H,11,12)
InChIKeyGHVNFZFCNZKVNT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Chemical Details

Formal Charge0
Atom Count32
Chiral Atom Count0
Bond Count31
Aromatic Bond Count0

Drug Info: DrugBank

DrugBank IDDB03600 
NameCapric acid
Groups experimental
DescriptionDecanoic acid is a solid. This compound belongs to the straight chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with a straight aliphatic chain. The proteins that decanoic acid targets include furin, octanoyltransferase, 3-oxoacyl-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase 1, peptostreptococcal albumin-binding protein, and putative uncharacterized protein tcp14.
Synonyms
  • n-decanoic acid
  • Decanoic acid
  • n-decylic acid
  • n-capric acid
  • Capric acid
Categories
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Antifungal Agents
  • Fatty Acids
  • Lipids
CAS number334-48-5

Drug Targets

NameTarget SequencePharmacological ActionActions
FurinMELRPWLLWVVAATGTLVLLAADAQGQKVFTNTWAVRIPGGPAVANSVAR...unknown
Peptostreptococcal albumin-binding proteinMKLNKKLLMAALAGAIVVGGGVNTFAADEPGAIKVDKAPEAPSQELKLTK...unknown
Glycolipid transfer proteinMALLAEHLLKPLPADKQIETGPFLEAVSHLPPFFDCLGSPVFTPIKADIS...unknown
OctanoyltransferaseMTGSIRSKLSAIDVRQLGTVDYRTAWQLQRELADARVAGGADTLLLLEHP...unknown
Putative uncharacterized protein tcp14MPHDPGATRLLAISPHLDDAVLSFGAGLAQAAQDGANVLVYTVFAGAAQP...unknown
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Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682

Related Resource References

Resource NameReference
PubChem 135373094, 2969
ChEMBL CHEMBL107498
ChEBI CHEBI:30813
CCDC/CSD LUNZUP, GUYBUX, ISEPEB01, ISEPEB
COD 7103929, 7050150