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G1763

Sigma-Aldrich

β-Glutamic acid

≥98% (TLC), suitable for ligand binding assays

Synonym(s):

3-Aminopentanedioic acid

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H9NO4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
147.13
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352209
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.26

product name

β-Glutamic acid,

Assay

≥98% (TLC)

form

powder

technique(s)

ligand binding assay: suitable

color

white to off-white

SMILES string

NC(CC(O)=O)CC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C5H9NO4/c6-3(1-4(7)8)2-5(9)10/h3H,1-2,6H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)

InChI key

BBJIPMIXTXKYLZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Biochem/physiol Actions

β-Glutamic acid (β-Glu) is used as an osmolyte in many archaea. β-Glutamic acid may be used as a substrate to study the specificity and kinetics of archaeal and bacterial glutamine synthetase (GS) enzymes. β-Glutamic acid is used to study primitive mechanisms of polypeptide formation.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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