Term Name: N-acylsphinganine
Synonyms: an N-acylsphinganine, Dihydroceramide, dihydroceramides, N-acyldihydrosphingosine, N-acyldihydrosphingosines, N-Acylsphinganine, N-acylsphinganines
Definition: A ceramide consisting of sphinganine in which one of the amino hydrogens is substituted by a fatty acyl group.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:31488]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: dihydroceramide sphinganine-based sphingolipid
has subtype: C24:1-sphinganine C26:1-sphinganine Cer(d18:0/15:0) Cer(d18:0/18:1) Cer(d18:0/22:1) glycodihydroceramide N-(1,2-saturated acyl)sphinganine N-(2-hydroxyacyl)sphinganine N-(13Z-docosenoyl)-sphinganine N-acetylsphinganine N-arachidonoylsphinganine N-docosanoylsphinganine N-dodecanoylsphinganine N-eicosanoylsphinganine N-hexacosanoylsphinganine N-hexadecanoylsphinganine N-hexanoyldihydroceramide N-icosenoylsphinganine N-octacosanoylsphinganine N-octanoyldihydrosphingosine N-octodecanoylsphinganine N-tetradecanoylsphinganine N-triacontanoylsphinganine
has_functional_parent: sphinganine
has_role: human metabolite mouse metabolite
inverse has_functional_parent: N-acylsphinganine-1-phosphoethanolamine N-acylsphinganine-1-phosphoethanolamine zwitterion