Cobalamine

CHEBI:30411 chemically defined MAPPED CHEBI EXACT_MATCH

Ontology mapping

Primary identifier
CHEBI:30411
Ontology label
cobalamin
kg-microbe node
CHEBI:30411

Nutritional roles

Synonyms (11)

SynonymTypeSourceOccurrences
Role: Vitamin; Properties: Organic compound, Defined component, Simple component RAW_TEXT CultureMech
COBALAMIN EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Cbl EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Coalpha-[alpha-(5,6-dimethylbenzimidazolyl)]-cobamide EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Cob(III)alamin EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Cobalamin (B12) EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Cobalamin (III) EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
alpha-(5,6-dimethylbenzimidazolyl)cobamide EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
cobalamin(III) EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
Cobalamin (1 μg/μL) RAW_TEXT culturemech:output/ingredient_occurrences.tsv
cobalamin(1+) RAW_TEXT sssom_other_backfill

Chemical properties

Data source
PubChem API
Retrieval date
2026-04-05T19:51:30.156796+00:00

Evidence (3)

DATABASE_MATCH via CultureMech

Imported from CultureMech pipeline, quality=DIRECT_MATCH

DATABASE_MATCH via MIM curation (#320/#319)

identifier and ontology_id CHEBI:28911 -> CHEBI:30411. ChEBI's live definition of CHEBI:28911 is 'A cobalamin in which the central cobalt atom has an oxidation state of +3' — it specifies an oxidation state this record's label does not. 'Cobalamine' names the vitamer generically, so MAPPING_SEMANTICS §3 step 4 gives it the generic term CHEBI:30411 ('cobalamin'), which was unheld. The record's own CAS 18534-66-2 is registered by ChEBI against cob(I)alamin — a *third* oxidation state — which is the #320 conflict that surfaced this and is itself evidence the record was never specific to +3. Definition read from the live EBI OLS4 API, since #319 records that the local ChEBI build lacks definitions for some of these terms.

DATABASE_MATCH via MIM curation (#138/#320)

Cleared cas_rn, molecular_formula, inchi and smiles, and moved kg_microbe_node_id CHEBI:28911 -> CHEBI:30411. Every one of these encoded the +3 oxidation state this record does not assert. The formula/InChI/SMILES were written by AUTO_BACKFILL_CHEBI_CHEMISTRY on 2026-05-01 by copying CHEBI:28911 while the record was mapped there, so they were a transcription of the grounding rather than evidence for it — the InChI still ended '/q;+3/p-2'. The cas_rn 18534-66-2 is cob(I)alamin (KEGG C00853, ChEBI:15982, Gmelin 887721), a THIRD oxidation state, and came from a PubChem name lookup — the mechanism that also put CHES on Beef extract. CHEBI:30411 deliberately carries no formula, charge or mass because its oxidation state is unspecified, so a record grounded there must not carry structure fields that fix one. Leaving them would re-seed the same wrong inference on any future automated re-grading. Note the formula does not discriminate oxidation state in any case: ChEBI records the identical C62H88CoN13O14P for cob(II)alamin and cob(III)alamin, which differ only in the charge field.

Occurrence statistics

Total occurrences
9
Distinct media
9

Curation history

TimestampCuratorActionNew statusChanges
2026-03-09T06:54:18.022301+00:00 import_from_culturemech IMPORTED MAPPED Initial import from CultureMech pipeline
2026-04-05T19:51:30.156848+00:00 fetch_cas_rn_from_pubchem ADDED_CAS_RN MAPPED Added CAS-RN:18534-66-2 from PubChem API via name lookup (Cobalamine)
2026-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 cbclaw_kg_microbe_sweep LLM ADDED_SYNONYMS MAPPED Added 8 synonyms from kg-microbe P4.4 enrichment: COBALAMIN, Cbl, Coalpha-[alpha-(5,6-dimethylbenzimidazolyl)]-cobamide, Cob(III)alamin, Cobalamin (B12), ... (3 more)
2026-05-01T07:35:32.840424+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (CHEBI primary)
2026-05-01T08:08:28.699826+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_BACKFILL_CHEBI_CHEMISTRY molecular_formula=C62H88CoN13O14P; inchi=InChI=1S/C62H90N13O14P.Co/c1-29-20-39-40(21-30(29); smiles=[H][C@]12[C@H](CC(N)=O)[C@@]3(C)CCC(=O)NC[C@@H](C)
2026-05-02T03:12:13.445363+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (chemical structure populated (molecular_formula))
2026-05-29T23:35:36.110516+00:00 extract_roles_from_synonyms ANNOTATED Added media role: VITAMIN_SOURCE (confidence: 1.00)
2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 migrate_media_roles_to_facets ANNOTATED Migrated legacy media_roles to role facets (#128): VITAMIN_SOURCE -> nutritional_roles.VITAMIN_SOURCE
2026-08-13T00:00:00+00:00 reground_cobalamin REGROUNDED_TO_GENERIC_TERM identifier/ontology_id CHEBI:28911 ('cob(III)alamin') -> CHEBI:30411 ('cobalamin') (#320); the term specified oxidation state +3 and the label specifies none. §3 step 4.
2026-08-13T00:00:00+00:00 cobalamin_residual_cleanup CLEARED_CONTRADICTORY_CHEMISTRY Cleared cas_rn, molecular_formula, inchi and smiles, and moved kg_microbe_node_id CHEBI:28911 -> CHEBI:30411. Every one of these encoded the +3 oxidation state this record does not assert. The formula/InChI/SMILES were written by AUTO_BACKFILL_CHEBI_CHEMISTRY on 2026-05-01 by copying CHEBI:28911 while the record was mapped there, so they were a transcription of the grounding rather than evidence for it — the InChI still ended '/q;+3/p-2'. The cas_rn 18534-66-2 is cob(I)alamin (KEGG C00853, ChEBI:15982, Gmelin 887721), a THIRD oxidation state, and came from a PubChem name lookup — the mechanism that also put CHES on Beef extract. CHEBI:30411 deliberately carries no formula, charge or mass because its oxidation state is unspecified, so a record grounded there must not carry structure fields that fix one. Leaving them would re-seed the same wrong inference on any future automated re-grading. Note the formula does not discriminate oxidation state in any case: ChEBI records the identical C62H88CoN13O14P for cob(II)alamin and cob(III)alamin, which differ only in the charge field.
2026-08-27T03:16:39.518580+00:00 refresh_occurrence_statistics CORRECTED occurrence_statistics 3/3 -> 9/9 (media_count/total_occurrences), derived from distinct CultureMech recipe ids in the #337 occurrence table. The prior values came from the importer retired in #453, whose media_count counted a list truncated to 50 examples (#449). [source=ingredient_occurrences.tsv culturemech_rev=15a4da5c08 rows=194137 distinct_recipes=15257]
2026-08-31T23:56:54.854807+00:00 claude_culturemech_alias_backfill ADDED_SYNONYMS Added 1 CultureMech recipe surface form(s) that folded onto this record's published label but were absent from MIM's label index, so CultureMech could not resolve them: 'Cobalamin (1 μg/μL)' (x1 CultureMech mentions). Source: culturemech:output/ingredient_occurrences.tsv.
2026-09-02T17:40:44.716277+00:00 claude_sssom_surface_form_backfill ADDED_SYNONYMS Recovered 1 surface form(s) that the published SSSOM `other` carried but no curated record did, so a rebuild would have dropped them from KGX: 'cobalamin(1+)'. Tokens already present on the kg-microbe ontology node were left out as redundant (#520).