The molecule is a leukotriene that is leukotriene E4 in which the terminal methyl grop has been oxidised to the corresponding carboxylic acid. It is a L-cysteine thioether, a leukotriene, a non-proteinogenic L-alpha-amino acid, a secondary alcohol and a tricarboxylic acid. It derives from a leukotriene E4. It is a conjugate acid of a 20-carboxyleukotriene E4(2-).
(6Z,9Z,11E,13E,15R,16S)-15-[(2R)-2-amino-2-carboxyethyl]sulfanyl-16-hydroxyicosa-6,9,11,13-tetraenedioic acid