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