General Information of MET (ID: META00787)
Name Gamma-Butyrolactone
Synonyms   Click to Show/Hide Synonyms of This Metabolite
1,2-Butanolide; 1,4 Butanolide; 1,4-Butanolide; 1,4-Lactone; 1-Oxacyclopentan-2-one; 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-2-furanone; 2-Oxolanone; 2-Oxotetrahydrofuran; 4 Butyrolactone; 4 Hydroxybutyric acid lactone; 4,5-Dihydro-2(3H)-furanone; 4-Butanolide; 4-Butyrolactone; 4-Deoxytetronate; 4-Deoxytetronic acid; 4-Hydroxy-butanoate; 4-Hydroxy-butanoic acid; 4-Hydroxy-butanoic acid g-lactone; 4-Hydroxybutanoate; 4-Hydroxybutanoic acid; 4-Hydroxybutanoic acid lactone; 4-Hydroxybutyrate lactone; 4-Hydroxybutyric acid lactone; Butyric acid lactone; Butyrolactone; Dihydro-2(3H)-furanone; Furanone, tetrahydro 2; GBL; Lactone, 4-hydroxybutyric acid; Paint clean g; Tetrahydro-2-furanone; Tetrahydrofuran-2-one; g-Butalactone; g-Butyryllactone; g-Hydroxybutyrate lactone; g-Hydroxybutyric acid lactone; gamma Butyrolactone; gamma-Butalactone; gamma-Butanolactone; gamma-Butyrolactone; gamma-Butyryllactone; gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid lactone; gamma-Hydroxybutyrolactone
Source Endogenous;Yeast Metabolite;Fatty acyls;Food;Carcinogenic Potency;Drug;Toxins/Pollutant;Cosmetic;Food additives;TCM Ingredients;Microbial
Structure Type   Gamma butyrolactones  (Click to Show/Hide the Complete Structure Type Hierarchy)
Organoheterocyclic compounds
Lactones
Gamma butyrolactones
PubChem CID
7302
HMDB ID
HMDB0000549
Formula
C4H6O2
Structure
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3D MOL 2D MOL
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KEGG ID
C01770
DrugBank ID
DB04699
ChEBI ID
42639
FooDB ID
FDB003392
ChemSpider ID
7029
METLIN ID
5533
Physicochemical Properties Molecular Weight 86.09 Topological Polar Surface Area 26.3
XlogP -0.6 Complexity 67.9
Heavy Atom Count 6 Rotatable Bond Count N.A.
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count N.A. Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count 2
Function
gamma-Butyrolactone is a furan with a carbonyl group thereby forming a cyclic lactone. It is an endogenous compound made from gamma-aminobutyrate and is the precursor of gamma-hydroxybutyrate. It is also used as a pharmacological agent and solvent.
Regulatory Network
Full List of Protein(s) Regulating This Metabolite
      Pore-forming PNC peptide (PNC)
            Cellular tumor antigen p53 (TP53) Click to Show/Hide the Full List of Regulating Pair(s):   1 Pair(s)
               Detailed Information Protein   Info click to show the details of this protein
               Regulating Pair Experim Info click to show the details of experiment for validating this pair [1]
                      Introduced Variation Knockout of TP53
                      Induced Change Gamma-Butyrolactone concentration: increase (Log2 FC=1.3)
                      Summary Introduced Variation         Induced Change 
                      Disease Status Colon cancer [ICD-11: 2B90]
                      Details It is reported that knockout of TP53 leads to the increase of gamma-Butyrolactone levels compared with control group.
References
1 Integrative omics analysis of p53-dependent regulation of metabolism. FEBS Lett. 2018 Feb;592(3):380-393.

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