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Creation Date2012-05-31 13:48:30 -0600
Update Date2015-09-13 12:56:10 -0600
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • ECMDB01259
Identification
Name:Succinic acid semialdehyde
DescriptionSuccinic acid semialdehyde is an intermediate in the catabolism of gamma-aminobutyrate (PMID 16435183). Succinate semialdehyde dehydrogenase is an enzyme that catalyses the reaction of succinate semialdehyde and NAD+ to form succinate and NADH.
Structure
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Synonyms:
  • 2-Formylpropionate ethyl ester
  • 2-Formylpropionic acid ethyl ester
  • 3-Formylpropanoate
  • 3-Formylpropanoic acid
  • 4-Oxobutanoate
  • 4-Oxobutanoic acid
  • b-Formylpropionate
  • b-Formylpropionic acid
  • Beta-Formylpropionate
  • Beta-Formylpropionic acid
  • Butryaldehydate
  • Butryaldehydic acid
  • g-Oxybutyrate
  • g-Oxybutyric acid
  • Gamma-Oxybutyrate
  • Gamma-Oxybutyric acid
  • Succ-S-ald
  • Succinaldehydate
  • Succinaldehydic acid
  • Succinate semialdehyde
  • Succinic acid semialdehyde
  • Succinic semialdehyde
  • Succinyl semialdehyde
  • β-Formylpropionate
  • β-Formylpropionic acid
  • γ-Oxybutyrate
  • γ-Oxybutyric acid
Chemical Formula:C4H6O3
Weight:Average: 102.0886
Monoisotopic: 102.031694058
InChI Key:UIUJIQZEACWQSV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI:InChI=1S/C4H6O3/c5-3-1-2-4(6)7/h3H,1-2H2,(H,6,7)
CAS number:692-29-5
IUPAC Name:4-oxobutanoic acid
Traditional IUPAC Name:succinic semialdehyde
SMILES:OC(=O)CCC=O
Chemical Taxonomy
Description belongs to the class of organic compounds known as straight chain fatty acids. These are fatty acids with a straight aliphatic chain.
KingdomOrganic compounds
Super ClassLipids and lipid-like molecules
ClassFatty Acyls
Sub ClassFatty acids and conjugates
Direct ParentStraight chain fatty acids
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Straight chain fatty acid
  • Alpha-hydrogen aldehyde
  • Monocarboxylic acid or derivatives
  • Carboxylic acid
  • Carboxylic acid derivative
  • Organic oxygen compound
  • Organic oxide
  • Hydrocarbon derivative
  • Organooxygen compound
  • Carbonyl group
  • Aldehyde
  • Aliphatic acyclic compound
Molecular FrameworkAliphatic acyclic compounds
External Descriptors
Physical Properties
State:Solid
Charge:-1
Melting point:Not Available
Experimental Properties:
PropertyValueSource
Predicted Properties
PropertyValueSource
Water Solubility194 g/LALOGPS
logP-0.47ALOGPS
logP-0.56ChemAxon
logS0.28ALOGPS
pKa (Strongest Acidic)4.13ChemAxon
pKa (Strongest Basic)-7ChemAxon
Physiological Charge-1ChemAxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count3ChemAxon
Hydrogen Donor Count1ChemAxon
Polar Surface Area54.37 ŲChemAxon
Rotatable Bond Count3ChemAxon
Refractivity22.61 m³·mol⁻¹ChemAxon
Polarizability9.26 ųChemAxon
Number of Rings0ChemAxon
Bioavailability1ChemAxon
Rule of FiveYesChemAxon
Ghose FilterYesChemAxon
Veber's RuleYesChemAxon
MDDR-like RuleYesChemAxon
Biological Properties
Cellular Locations:Cytoplasm
Reactions:
Water + NADP + Succinic acid semialdehyde >2 Hydrogen ion + NADPH + Succinic acid
gamma-Aminobutyric acid + alpha-Ketoglutarate <> L-Glutamate + Succinic acid semialdehyde
Water + NAD + Succinic acid semialdehyde >2 Hydrogen ion + NADH + Succinic acid
Hydrogen ion + NADH + Succinic acid semialdehyde <> gamma-Hydroxybutyrate + NAD
Succinic acid semialdehyde + NAD + Water <> Succinic acid + NADH + Hydrogen ion
Succinic acid semialdehyde + NADP + Water <> Succinic acid + NADPH + Hydrogen ion
NAD + gamma-Hydroxybutyrate <> Hydrogen ion + NADH + Succinic acid semialdehyde
Oxoglutaric acid + gamma-Aminobutyric acid <> L-Glutamate + Succinic acid semialdehyde
Water + NAD + Succinic acid semialdehyde > Hydrogen ion + NADH + Succinic acid
Succinic acid semialdehyde + NADP + Water > Succinic acid + NADPH + Hydrogen ion
Succinic acid semialdehyde + NADP + Water > Succinic acid + NADPH
gamma-Aminobutyric acid + Oxoglutaric acid > Succinic acid semialdehyde + L-Glutamate
Succinic acid semialdehyde + NAD(P)(+) + Water > Succinic acid + NAD(P)H
Succinic acid semialdehyde + NAD + NADP + Water <> Succinic acid + NADH + NADPH +2 Hydrogen ion
4-Hydroxybutanoic acid + NAD <> Succinic acid semialdehyde + NADH + Hydrogen ion
gamma-Aminobutyric acid + Oxoglutaric acid > Succinic acid semialdehyde + L-Glutamic acid + L-Glutamate
Succinic acid semialdehyde + Water + NADP > NADPH +2 Hydrogen ion + Succinic acid + NADPH
Water + NADP + Succinic acid semialdehyde >2 Hydrogen ion + NADPH + Succinic acid
gamma-Aminobutyric acid + alpha-Ketoglutarate <> L-Glutamate + Succinic acid semialdehyde
gamma-Aminobutyric acid + alpha-Ketoglutarate <> L-Glutamate + Succinic acid semialdehyde
SMPDB Pathways:
4-aminobutanoate degradation IPW002068 ThumbThumb?image type=greyscaleThumb?image type=simple
Propanoate metabolismPW000940 ThumbThumb?image type=greyscaleThumb?image type=simple
arginine metabolismPW000790 ThumbThumb?image type=greyscaleThumb?image type=simple
beta-Alanine metabolismPW000896 ThumbThumb?image type=greyscaleThumb?image type=simple
ornithine metabolismPW000791 ThumbThumb?image type=greyscaleThumb?image type=simple
KEGG Pathways:
EcoCyc Pathways:
Concentrations
Not Available
Spectra
Spectra:
Spectrum TypeDescriptionSplash Key
GC-MSGC-MS Spectrum - GC-MS (1 MEOX; 1 TMS)splash10-000i-9400000000-8e1cb554add6ed6c4e35View in MoNA
GC-MSGC-MS Spectrum - GC-MS (1 MEOX; 1 TMS)splash10-000i-9300000000-f5403e2e858fded273acView in MoNA
GC-MSGC-MS Spectrum - GC-MS (Non-derivatized)splash10-000i-9400000000-8e1cb554add6ed6c4e35View in MoNA
GC-MSGC-MS Spectrum - GC-MS (Non-derivatized)splash10-000i-9300000000-f5403e2e858fded273acView in MoNA
GC-MSGC-MS Spectrum - GC-EI-TOF (Non-derivatized)splash10-000i-9500000000-eb52f4d003b7d5b86b3dView in MoNA
GC-MSGC-MS Spectrum - GC-EI-TOF (Non-derivatized)splash10-000i-9600000000-463f366ebd0be24a0283View in MoNA
Predicted GC-MSPredicted GC-MS Spectrum - GC-MS (Non-derivatized) - 70eV, Positivesplash10-052f-9000000000-d9618eb947af434dcf2fView in MoNA
Predicted GC-MSPredicted GC-MS Spectrum - GC-MS (1 TMS) - 70eV, Positivesplash10-05fr-9800000000-40373963cdda851ebfeaView in MoNA
Predicted GC-MSPredicted GC-MS Spectrum - GC-MS (Non-derivatized) - 70eV, PositiveNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - Quattro_QQQ 10V, Positive (Annotated)splash10-000i-9000000000-bf9ebea7e4800559c111View in MoNA
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - Orbitrap 1V, negativesplash10-0udi-0900000000-64b3498f7cdd4597da6aView in MoNA
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - Orbitrap 1V, negativesplash10-0udi-1900000000-9d47aab2400f1da945bcView in MoNA
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - Orbitrap 2V, negativesplash10-0udi-1900000000-94e1ac309574efbe3903View in MoNA
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - Orbitrap 2V, negativesplash10-0udi-3900000000-7ec96b67f820176c39d3View in MoNA
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - Orbitrap 3V, negativesplash10-0udi-5900000000-7708b3a1c05b69363aa9View in MoNA
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - Orbitrap 3V, negativesplash10-0zfr-8900000000-12726b727f621ac971b7View in MoNA
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - n/a 7V, negativesplash10-0089-9000000000-9eb7dd16da8275702c75View in MoNA
LC-MS/MSLC-MS/MS Spectrum - 35V, Negativesplash10-0udi-1900000000-567d38fac821ab993d19View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positivesplash10-000i-9200000000-e31b8066f970e1c178d1View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positivesplash10-052u-9000000000-76526f6c67d7a67c1d07View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positivesplash10-0a4l-9000000000-70e85383e59b46bc429fView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negativesplash10-0udi-5900000000-f1c2507387f92b6e1e3fView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negativesplash10-0zgi-9400000000-ba1b880a90d3ace8beeeView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negativesplash10-052f-9000000000-971836bb1672ad33106eView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positivesplash10-052f-9000000000-06109e02fc0baa708cdcView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positivesplash10-052f-9000000000-ce51d68c1c700db8f966View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positivesplash10-0006-9000000000-d171f37acc222eeea075View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negativesplash10-0a4i-9100000000-b23feac6075bc2594f5eView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negativesplash10-0a4i-9000000000-aa34fb8bd9988d794431View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negativesplash10-052f-9000000000-101491882eb1be877e89View in MoNA
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR13C NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR13C NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR13C NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR13C NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR13C NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR13C NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR13C NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR13C NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR13C NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR13C NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
2D NMR[1H,13C] 2D NMR SpectrumNot AvailableView in JSpectraViewer
References
References:
  • Du L, Musson DG, Wang AQ: High turbulence liquid chromatography online extraction and tandem mass spectrometry for the simultaneous determination of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid and its two metabolites in human serum. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2005;19(13):1779-87. Pubmed: 15945019
  • Du L, Musson DG, Wang AQ: Stability studies of vorinostat and its two metabolites in human plasma, serum and urine. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2006 Nov 16;42(5):556-64. Epub 2006 Jul 5. Pubmed: 16824724
  • Hinshelwood A, McGarvie G, Ellis EM: Substrate specificity of mouse aldo-keto reductase AKR7A5. Chem Biol Interact. 2003 Feb 1;143-144:263-9. Pubmed: 12604212
  • Kanehisa, M., Goto, S., Sato, Y., Furumichi, M., Tanabe, M. (2012). "KEGG for integration and interpretation of large-scale molecular data sets." Nucleic Acids Res 40:D109-D114. Pubmed: 22080510
  • Keseler, I. M., Collado-Vides, J., Santos-Zavaleta, A., Peralta-Gil, M., Gama-Castro, S., Muniz-Rascado, L., Bonavides-Martinez, C., Paley, S., Krummenacker, M., Altman, T., Kaipa, P., Spaulding, A., Pacheco, J., Latendresse, M., Fulcher, C., Sarker, M., Shearer, A. G., Mackie, A., Paulsen, I., Gunsalus, R. P., Karp, P. D. (2011). "EcoCyc: a comprehensive database of Escherichia coli biology." Nucleic Acids Res 39:D583-D590. Pubmed: 21097882
  • Knerr I, Gibson KM, Jakobs C, Pearl PL: Neuropsychiatric morbidity in adolescent and adult succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency patients. CNS Spectr. 2008 Jul;13(7):598-605. Pubmed: 18622364
  • Lee BC, Choe YS, Chi DY, Paik JY, Lee KH, Choi Y, Kim BT: 8-cyclopentadienyltricarbonyl 99mtc 8-oxooctanoic acid: a novel radiotracer for evaluation of medium chain fatty acid metabolism in the liver. Bioconjug Chem. 2004 Jan-Feb;15(1):121-7. Pubmed: 14733591
  • Parise RA, Holleran JL, Beumer JH, Ramalingam S, Egorin MJ: A liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometric assay for quantitation of the histone deacetylase inhibitor, vorinostat (suberoylanilide hydroxamicacid, SAHA), and its metabolites in human serum. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2006 Aug 18;840(2):108-15. Epub 2006 May 24. Pubmed: 16725386
  • Struys, E. A., Jansen, E. E., Gibson, K. M., Jakobs, C. (2005). "Determination of the GABA analogue succinic semialdehyde in urine and cerebrospinal fluid by dinitrophenylhydrazine derivatization and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: application to SSADH deficiency." J Inherit Metab Dis 28:913-920. Pubmed: 16435183
  • van der Werf, M. J., Overkamp, K. M., Muilwijk, B., Coulier, L., Hankemeier, T. (2007). "Microbial metabolomics: toward a platform with full metabolome coverage." Anal Biochem 370:17-25. Pubmed: 17765195
  • Yurtsever D. (2007). Fatty acid methyl ester profiling of Enterococcus and Esherichia coli for microbial source tracking. M.sc. Thesis. Villanova University: U.S.A
Synthesis Reference:Bruce, R.; Sims, K.; Pitts, F. N., Jr. Synthesis and purification of succinic semialdehyde. Analytical Biochemistry (1971), 41(1), 271-3.
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)Download (PDF)
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CHEBI ID16265
HMDB IDHMDB01259
Pubchem Compound ID1112
Kegg IDC00232
ChemSpider ID1080
WikipediaSuccinic semialdehyde
BioCyc IDSUCC-S-ALD
EcoCyc IDSUCC-S-ALD
Ligand ExpoSSN

Enzymes

General function:
Involved in 4-aminobutyrate transaminase activity
Specific function:
4-aminobutanoate + 2-oxoglutarate = succinate semialdehyde + L-glutamate
Gene Name:
gabT
Uniprot ID:
P22256
Molecular weight:
45774
Reactions
4-aminobutanoate + 2-oxoglutarate = succinate semialdehyde + L-glutamate.
(S)-3-amino-2-methylpropanoate + 2-oxoglutarate = 2-methyl-3-oxopropanoate + L-glutamate.
General function:
Involved in oxidoreductase activity
Specific function:
Succinate semialdehyde + NAD(P)(+) + H(2)O = succinate + NAD(P)H
Gene Name:
gabD
Uniprot ID:
P25526
Molecular weight:
51720
Reactions
Succinate semialdehyde + NADP(+) + H(2)O = succinate + NADPH.
General function:
Involved in 4-aminobutyrate transaminase activity
Specific function:
Involved in the breakdown of putrescine via transamination of gamma-aminobutyrate
Gene Name:
puuE
Uniprot ID:
P50457
Molecular weight:
44729
Reactions
4-aminobutanoate + 2-oxoglutarate = succinate semialdehyde + L-glutamate.
General function:
Involved in oxidoreductase activity
Specific function:
Specific function unknown
Gene Name:
yneI
Uniprot ID:
P76149
Molecular weight:
49717
Reactions
Succinate semialdehyde + NAD(P)(+) + H(2)O = succinate + NAD(P)H.
General function:
Involved in 3-hydroxyisobutyrate dehydrogenase activity
Specific function:
Specific function unknown
Gene Name:
yihU
Uniprot ID:
P0A9V8
Molecular weight:
31158