valeryl-coenzyme A

Pentanoyl Coenzyme A (pentanoyl-CoA) Free acid is a short-chain fatty acyl-CoA. Pentanoyl Coenzyme A is a metabolite of 3-oxovalproyl-CoA[1].

ChEBI: A short-chain fatty acyl-CoA that results from the formal condensation of the thiol group of coenzyme A with the carboxy group of pentanoic acid.

[1] Silva MF, et al. Complete beta-oxidation of valproate: cleavage of 3-oxovalproyl-CoA by a mitochondrial 3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase. Biochem J. 2002 Mar 15;362(Pt 3):755-60. DOI:10.1042/0264-6021:3620755