MEL-A

• Description :

  MEL-A is a glycolipid biosurfactant. MEL-A can be produced from vegetable oils by Pseudozyma yeasts. MEL-A can improve the low-temperature fluidity of biodiesel and hydrocarbon fuels. MEL-A is composed of a mixture of MEL-A isoforms with variable lengths of the fatty acid chain. MEL-A can significantly increases gene transfection by cationic liposomes via membrane fusion[1][2][3][4].

• UNSPSC :

  12352211

• Target :

  Biochemical Assay Reagents

• Related Pathways :

  Others

• Field of Research :

  Others

• Smiles :

  CC(O[C@@H]1[C@@H](COC(C)=O)O[C@@H](OC[C@@H]([C@@H](CO)O)O)[C@H]([C@H]1OC(CC)=O)OC(CC)=O)=O

• Molecular Formula :

  C20H32O13

• Molecular Weight :

  480.46

• References & Citations :

  [1]Imura, T., et al., (2007) . Aqueous-phase behavior of natural glycolipid biosurfactant mannosylerythritol lipid A: sponge, cubic, and lamellar phases. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 23 (4), 1659–1663.|[2]Im, J. H., et al., (2001) . Mannosylerythritol lipid, a yeast extracellular glycolipid, shows high binding affinity towards human immunoglobulin G. BMC biotechnology, 1, 5. |[3]Fluidity of Biodiesel and Hydrocarbon Fuels. Energy Fuels 2016, 30, 5, 4118–4125. |[4]Inoh, Y., et al., (2004) . Biosurfactant MEL-A dramatically increases gene transfection via membrane fusion. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 94 (2-3), 423–431.

• Shipping Conditions :

  Room temperature

• Scientific Category :

  Reference compound1

• Clinical Information :

  No Development Reported

• CAS Number :

  [3029766-02-4]