D-Alanine (Standard)

• UNSPSC Description:

  D-Alanine (Standard) is the analytical standard of D-Alanine. This product is intended for research and analytical applications. D-Alanine is a weak GlyR (inhibitory glycine receptor) and PMBA agonist, with an EC50 of 9 mM for GlyR[1][2].

• Target Antigen:

  Endogenous Metabolite

• Type:

  Reference Standards

• Related Pathways:

  Metabolic Enzyme/Protease

• Field of Research:

  Neurological Disease

• Assay Protocol:

  https://www.medchemexpress.com/d-alanine-standard.html

• Smiles:

  N[C@@H](C(O)=O)C

• Molecular Weight:

  89.09

• References & Citations:

  [1]Schmieden V, et al. Pharmacology of the inhibitory glycine receptor: agonist and antagonist actions of amino acids and piperidine carboxylic acid compounds. Mol Pharmacol. 1995 Nov;48(5):919-27.|[2]Saitoh T, et al. A novel antagonist, phenylbenzene omega-phosphono-alpha-amino acid, for strychnine-sensitive glycine receptors in the rat spinal cord. Br J Pharmacol. 1994 Sep;113(1):165-70.|[3]Mao Horio, et al. Effects of D-Amino Acid Oxidase Inhibitor on the Extracellular D-Alanine Levels and the Efficacy of D-Alanine on Dizocilpine-Induced Prepulse Inhibition Deficits in Mice. The Open Clinical Chemistry Journal, 2009, 2: 16-21

• Shipping Conditions:

  Room temperature

• CAS Number:

  338-69-2