Chemical compound
Batyl alcohol is an organic compound with the formula HOCH2CH(OH)CH2OC18H37. It is a colorless solid. Batyl alcohol is a monoether formed by condensation of stearyl alcohol with one of the two primary alcohol sites of glycerol. Together with S-selachyl alcohol and S-chimyl alcohol, S-batyl alcohol is a component of some lipid membranes.[1]
Occurrence and metabolism
It is found in the liver of the shark Centrophorus squamosus.[2] The name batyl is derived from a classification of rays, order Batoidea. Like other glyceryl ethers, those derived from batyl alcohol are not saponifiable.[3]
Batyl alcohol and related glycyl ethers are susceptible to oxidation catalyzed by glyceryl-ether monooxygenases. The net oxidation gives glycerol and the carboxylic acid:
- HOCH2CH(OH)CH2OC18H37 + 1.5 O2 → HOCH2CH(OH)CH2OH + HO2CHC17H35 + H2O
Batyl alcohol and related glycyl ethers are also susceptible to dehydrogenation catalyzed unsaturases to give the vinyl ethers called plasmalogens:[3]
- HOCH2CH(OH)CH2OC18H37 + [O] → HOCH2CH(OH)CH2OCH=CHC16H35 + H2O
References
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- ^ a b Taguchi, Hiroyasu; Armarego, Wilfred L. F. (1998). "Glyceryl-Ether Monooxygenase [EC 1.14.16.5]. A Microsomal Enzyme of Ether Lipid Metabolism". Medicinal Research Reviews. 18 (1): 43–89. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-1128(199801)18:1<43::AID-MED3>3.0.CO;2-S. PMID 9436181. S2CID 432376.
