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N-Butyryl-DL-homocysteine thiolactone

≥97.0% (HPLC)

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H13NO2S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
187.26
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
eCl@ss:
32160406
PubChem Substance ID:

assay

≥97.0% (HPLC)

form

powder or crystals

color

white

mp

76-80 °C

application(s)

cell analysis

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CCCC(=O)NC1CCSC1=O

InChI

1S/C8H13NO2S/c1-2-3-7(10)9-6-4-5-12-8(6)11/h6H,2-5H2,1H3,(H,9,10)

InChI key

IMJUOGHALGXOSS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Application

Application test: Induces violacein expression in a Chromobacterium violaceum mutant usually not able to produce homoserine lactones.

Biochem/physiol Actions

N-Butyryl-DL-homocysteine thiolactone is a butylated derivative of homocysteine thiolactone which is used to induce hyperhomocysteinemia and seizures.

Storage Class

13 - Non Combustible Solids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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Quorum sensing relies upon the interaction of a diffusible signal molecule with a transcriptional activator protein to couple gene expression with cell population density. In Gram-negative bacteria, such signal molecules are usually N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) which differ in the structure

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