Chemical Component Summary

Namealpha-L-arabinofuranose
Synonymsalpha-L-arabinose; L-arabinose; arabinose
Identifiers(2R,3R,4R,5S)-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolane-2,3,4-triol
FormulaC5 H10 O5
Molecular Weight150.13
TypeL-SACCHARIDE, ALPHA LINKING
Isomeric SMILESC([C@H]1[C@@H]([C@H]([C@@H](O1)O)O)O)O
InChIInChI=1S/C5H10O5/c6-1-2-3(7)4(8)5(9)10-2/h2-9H,1H2/t2-,3-,4+,5+/m0/s1
InChIKeyHMFHBZSHGGEWLO-QMKXCQHVSA-N

Chemical Details

Formal Charge0
Atom Count20
Chiral Atom Count4
Bond Count20
Aromatic Bond Count0

Drug Info: DrugBank

DrugBank IDDB03142 
NameAlpha-L-Arabinose
Groups experimental
SynonymsAlpha-L-Arabinose

Drug Targets

NameTarget SequencePharmacological ActionActions
L-arabinose-binding periplasmic proteinMHKFTKALAAIGLAAVMSQSAMAENLKLGFLVKQPEEPWFQTEWKFADKA...unknown
Arabinose operon regulatory proteinMAEAQNDPLLPGYSFNAHLVAGLTPIEANGYLDFFIDRPLGMKGYILNLT...unknown
Aldose 1-epimeraseMEIKIRDFGLGSDLISLTNKAGVTISFTNLGARIVDWQKDGKHLILGFDS...unknown
Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682

Related Resource References

Resource NameReference
PubChem 445935
ChEBI CHEBI:28772