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L-Glutamic acid

≥99% (HPLC), suitable for microbiological culture, ReagentPlus®

Synonym(s):

(S)-2-Aminopentanedioic acid, Glu

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
HO2CCH2CH2CH(NH2)CO2H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
147.13
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1723801
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352209
eCl@ss:
32160406
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.26

product name

L-Glutamic acid, ReagentPlus®, ≥99% (HPLC)

agency

suitable for SM 5210

Quality Level

product line

ReagentPlus®

assay

≥99% (HPLC)

form

powder

technique(s)

microbiological culture: suitable

color

white to off-white

mp

205 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

1 M HCl: soluble 100 mg/mL

density

1.54 g/cm3 at 20 °C

cation traces

C: 40.4-41.2%
N: 9.2-9.8%

SMILES string

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

InChI

1S/C5H9NO4/c6-3(5(9)10)1-2-4(7)8/h3H,1-2,6H2,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/t3-/m0/s1

InChI key

WHUUTDBJXJRKMK-VKHMYHEASA-N

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Application

L-Glutamic acid has been used to enhance endogenous acetylcholine overflow. It has been used as a supplement in the growth medium of meat-Spoiling Pseudomonas fragi 72.

Biochem/physiol Actions

An excitatory amino acid neurotransmitter that is an agonist at all subtypes of glutamate receptors (metabotropic, kainate, NMDA, and AMPA).
Glutamic acid, or glutamate, the salt form of glutamic acid, functions as a neurotransmitter and also serves as a precursor to other neurotransmitters such as γ-aminobutyric acid. Glutamic acid also plays a key role in many metabolic pathways, that controls growth, reproduction, maintenance and immunity. It is converted to α-ketoglutarate, a key component of the TCA (tricarboxylic acid) cycle, and a precursor for the biosynthesis of nucleic acids and certain amino acids. In cells, glutamine is converted to glutamate by the enzyme glutaminase.
Glutamine serves as a source of energy for rapidly dividing cells comprising lymphocytes, enterocytes, macrophages and tumors. Glutamine mediates protein turnover via cellular mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signaling. It is also known to be associated with the inhibition of apoptosis.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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Mixed carbon source utilization of meat-spoiling Pseudomonas fragi 72 in relation to oxygen limitation and carbon dioxide inhibition.
Molin G.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 49(6), 1442-1447 (1985)
Glutamic acid, twenty years later.
Garattini S
The Journal of Nutrition, 130, 901S-909S (2000)
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European journal of pharmacology, 476(1-2), 63-69 (2003-09-13)
Several reports suggest that enteric cholinergic neurons are subject to a tonic inhibitory modulation, whereas few studies are available concerning the role of facilitatory pathways. Glutamate, the main excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS), has recently been described
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Axon loss determines persistent disability in multiple sclerosis patients. Here, we use in vivo calcium imaging in a multiple sclerosis model to show that cytoplasmic calcium levels determine the choice between axon loss and survival. We rule out the endoplasmic reticulum

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