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<compound>
  <version>2.0</version>
  <creation_date>2012-08-09 09:16:11 -0600</creation_date>
  <update_date>2015-09-13 12:56:16 -0600</update_date>
  <accession>ECMDB21418</accession>
  <m2m_id>M2MDB001813</m2m_id>
  <name>3-Hydroxybutyric acid</name>
  <description>3-Hydroxybutyric acid or beta-hydroxybutyrate belongs to a group of compounds known as ketone bodies. Other ketone bodies include acetoacetate and acetone. 3-hydroxybutyric acid is chiral and so it has 2 enantiomeric forms. (Wikipedia)   In some strains of E. coli, such as E. coli O8 IAI1, the enzyme 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (EC:1.1.1.30) catalyzes a reversible redox reaction that converts 3-hydroxybutyric acid to acetoacetate, which can then be converted into acetoacetyl-CoA and participate in fatty acid metabolism. (KEGG).  Hydroxybutyrate can also serve as a substrate for short-chain acylCo-A ligase and become a precursor for lipid synthesis.</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>&amp;beta;-hydroxybutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>&amp;beta;-hydroxybutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(R)-3-Hydroxybutanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>(R)-3-hydroxybutanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>(R)-3-Hydroxybutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>3-hydroxy-butanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>3-hydroxy-butanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>3-hydroxy-butyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>3-hydroxy-butyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>3-Hydroxybutanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>3-Hydroxybutanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>3-Hydroxybutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>3-OH-Butyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>3-OH-butyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>B-Hydroxy-n-butyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>B-Hydroxy-n-butyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>B-Hydroxybutanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>B-Hydroxybutanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>b-Hydroxybuttersaeure</synonym>
    <synonym>B-Hydroxybutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>B-hydroxybutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Beta-Hydroxy-n-butyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Beta-Hydroxy-n-butyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Beta-Hydroxybutanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>Beta-Hydroxybutanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Beta-Hydroxybuttersaeure</synonym>
    <synonym>Beta-Hydroxybutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>Beta-Hydroxybutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>Biopol</synonym>
    <synonym>D-&amp;beta;-hydroxybutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>D-&amp;beta;-hydroxybutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>D-3-hydroxybutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>D-3-Hydroxybutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>DL-3-Hydroxybutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>DL-3-Hydroxybutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>DL-b-Hydroxybutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>DL-b-Hydroxybutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>DL-beta-Hydroxybutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>DL-beta-Hydroxybutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>DL-β-Hydroxybutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>DL-β-Hydroxybutyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>β-Hydroxy-N-butyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>β-Hydroxy-N-butyric acid</synonym>
    <synonym>β-Hydroxybutanoate</synonym>
    <synonym>β-Hydroxybutanoic acid</synonym>
    <synonym>β-Hydroxybuttersaeure</synonym>
    <synonym>β-Hydroxybutyrate</synonym>
    <synonym>β-Hydroxybutyric acid</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C4H8O3</chemical_formula>
  <average_molecular_weight>104.1045</average_molecular_weight>
  <monisotopic_moleculate_weight>104.047344122</monisotopic_moleculate_weight>
  <iupac_name>3-hydroxybutanoic acid</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>3 hydroxybutyrate</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>300-85-6</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>CC(O)CC(O)=O</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-3(5)2-4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)</inchi>
  <inchikey>WHBMMWSBFZVSSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N</inchikey>
  <state>Solid</state>
  <cellular_locations>
  </cellular_locations>
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    <property>
      <kind>logp</kind>
      <value>-0.50</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>logs</kind>
      <value>0.71</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
    <property>
      <kind>solubility</kind>
      <value>5.39e+02 g/l</value>
      <source>ALOGPS</source>
    </property>
  </predicted_properties>
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      <value>46 oC</value>
    </property>
  </experimental_properties>
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    <kind>logp</kind>
    <value>-0.39</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_acidic</kind>
    <value>4.41</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>pka_strongest_basic</kind>
    <value>-2.6</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>iupac</kind>
    <value>3-hydroxybutanoic acid</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>average_mass</kind>
    <value>104.1045</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>mono_mass</kind>
    <value>104.047344122</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>smiles</kind>
    <value>CC(O)CC(O)=O</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formula</kind>
    <value>C4H8O3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchi</kind>
    <value>InChI=1S/C4H8O3/c1-3(5)2-4(6)7/h3,5H,2H2,1H3,(H,6,7)</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>inchikey</kind>
    <value>WHBMMWSBFZVSSR-UHFFFAOYSA-N</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>polar_surface_area</kind>
    <value>57.53</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <kind>refractivity</kind>
    <value>23.46</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
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    <kind>polarizability</kind>
    <value>10.01</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>rotatable_bond_count</kind>
    <value>2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>acceptor_count</kind>
    <value>3</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>donor_count</kind>
    <value>2</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>physiological_charge</kind>
    <value>-1</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <property>
    <kind>formal_charge</kind>
    <value>0</value>
    <source>ChemAxon</source>
  </property>
  <pathways>
  </pathways>
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    <spectrum>
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    <spectrum>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::CMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>32006</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
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    <spectrum>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
      <spectrum_id>1344</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::NmrOneD</type>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
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      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
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    <spectrum>
      <type>Specdb::MsMs</type>
      <spectrum_id>447333</spectrum_id>
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    <spectrum>
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    <spectrum>
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  <hmdb_id>HMDB00357</hmdb_id>
  <pubchem_compound_id>441</pubchem_compound_id>
  <chemspider_id>428</chemspider_id>
  <kegg_id>C01089</kegg_id>
  <chebi_id>20067</chebi_id>
  <biocyc_id>CPD-335</biocyc_id>
  <het_id/>
  <wikipidia>3-Hydroxybutyric acid</wikipidia>
  <foodb_id></foodb_id>
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  </general_references>
  <synthesis_reference></synthesis_reference>
  <msds_url>http://hmdb.ca/system/metabolites/msds/000/000/276/original/HMDB00357.pdf?1358462668</msds_url>
  <enzymes>
    <enzyme>
      <name>Short-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase</name>
      <uniprot_id>P38135</uniprot_id>
      <uniprot_name>FADK_ECOLI</uniprot_name>
      <gene_name>fadK</gene_name>
      <protein_url>http://ecmdb.ca/proteins/P38135.xml</protein_url>
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  </concentrations>
</compound>
