Record Information
Version1.0
StatusDetected and Quantified
Creation Date2021-11-17 23:38:28 UTC
Update Date2024-04-30 19:40:58 UTC
Metabolite IDMMDBc0029709
Metabolite Identification
Common Namealpha-D-Glucose
DescriptionAlpha-D-Glucose is a primary source of energy for living organisms. It is naturally occurring and is found in fruits and other parts of plants in its free state. Alpha-D-Glucose is an intermediate in glycolysis/gluconeogenesis pathway where it is converted to beta-D-glucose via galactose-1-epimerase (mutarotase) (EC:5.1.3.3). It is also involved in several other metabolic pathways: fructose and mannose metabolism, galactose metabolism, starch and sucrose metabolism and amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism.
Structure
Synonyms
ValueSource
alpha-D-GLCChEBI
alpha-DextroseChEBI
a-D-GLCGenerator
Α-D-GLCGenerator
a-DextroseGenerator
Α-dextroseGenerator
a-D-GlucoseGenerator
Α-D-glucoseGenerator
a-D-GlucopyranoseHMDB
a-GlucoseHMDB
alpha-D-GlucopyranoseHMDB
alpha-delta-GlucopyranoseHMDB
alpha-delta-GlucoseHMDB
alpha-GlucoseHMDB
HexopyranoseHMDB
Anhydrous dextroseHMDB
D GlucoseHMDB
D-GlucoseHMDB
DextroseHMDB
Dextrose, anhydrousHMDB
GlucoseHMDB
Glucose monohydrateHMDB
Glucose, (DL)-isomerHMDB
Glucose, (L)-isomerHMDB
Glucose, (alpha-D)-isomerHMDB
Glucose, (beta-D)-isomerHMDB
L GlucoseHMDB
L-GlucoseHMDB
Monohydrate, glucoseHMDB
1,3-alpha-D-GlucanHMDB
alpha-1,3-GlucanHMDB
alpha-D-GlucopyranosideHMDB
Molecular FormulaC6H12O6
Average Mass180.1559
Monoisotopic Mass180.063388116
IUPAC Name(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol
Traditional Nameα-glucose
CAS Registry Number492-62-6
SMILES
OC[C@H]1O[C@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1O
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/C6H12O6/c7-1-2-3(8)4(9)5(10)6(11)12-2/h2-11H,1H2/t2-,3-,4+,5-,6+/m1/s1
InChI KeyWQZGKKKJIJFFOK-DVKNGEFBSA-N