Term Name: lysophosphatidylcholine
Synonyms: lysophosphatidylcholines, monoacylglycero-3-phosphocholine
Definition: An acylglycerophosphocholine resulting from partial hydrolysis of a phosphatidylcholine, which removes one of the fatty acyl groups. The structure is depicted in the image where R1 = acyl, R2 = H or where R1 = H, R2 = acyl.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:60479]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: glycerophosphocholine
has subtype: 1-lysophosphatidylcholine 1-O-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine(1+) 2-lysophosphatidylcholine acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine lysophosphatidylcholine 6:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 12:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 14:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 14:1 lysophosphatidylcholine 14:2 lysophosphatidylcholine 15:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 15:1 lysophosphatidylcholine 15:2 lysophosphatidylcholine 16:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 16:1 lysophosphatidylcholine 16:2 lysophosphatidylcholine 16:3 lysophosphatidylcholine 17:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 17:1 lysophosphatidylcholine 17:2 lysophosphatidylcholine 18:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 18:1 lysophosphatidylcholine 18:2 lysophosphatidylcholine 18:3 lysophosphatidylcholine 18:4 lysophosphatidylcholine 19:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 19:1 lysophosphatidylcholine 19:2 lysophosphatidylcholine 20:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 20:1 lysophosphatidylcholine 20:2 lysophosphatidylcholine 20:3 lysophosphatidylcholine 20:4 lysophosphatidylcholine 20:5 lysophosphatidylcholine 22:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 22:1 lysophosphatidylcholine 22:2 lysophosphatidylcholine 22:4 lysophosphatidylcholine 22:5 lysophosphatidylcholine 22:6 lysophosphatidylcholine 24:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 24:1 lysophosphatidylcholine 26:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 26:1 lysophosphatidylcholine 28:0 lysophosphatidylcholine 28:1
has_role: human metabolite