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(RS)-Mevalonic acid lithium salt

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

(±)-MVA-Li, rac.-MVA-Li, Lithium (±)-3,5-dihydroxy-3-methyl-pentanoate, Lithium (±)-3,5-dihydroxy-3-methyl-valerate

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H11O4 · xLi+
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
147.15 (free acid basis)
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

Assay

≥96.0% (GC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

format

neat

InChI

1S/C6H12O4/c1-6(10,2-3-7)4-5(8)9/h7,10H,2-4H2,1H3,(H,8,9)

InChI key

KJTLQQUUPVSXIM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

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Biochem/physiol Actions

Metabolite of the mevalonate pathway, which plays a key role in the biosynthesis of sterols, dolichol, heme and ubiquinone. Of interest for research in the disease areas oncology, autoimmune diseases, artherosclerosis and Alzheimer disease, as well as for inherited deficiencies of mevalonate kinase.

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Analysis Note

NMR-Internal standard: Dimethylsulfone

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Jianxin Shi et al.
Tumour biology : the journal of the International Society for Oncodevelopmental Biology and Medicine, 34(1), 429-435 (2012-11-28)
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the most common lethal tumors in the world. Thus, it is very urgent to develop new therapeutic targets against this disease. The mevalonate (MVA) pathway, paced by its rate-limiting enzyme, hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme
Chitra Prasad et al.
Molecular genetics and metabolism, 107(4), 756-759 (2012-11-14)
Mevalonate kinase deficiency is a rare autosomal recessively inherited organic aciduria with a complex multi-systemic phenotype. We describe two deceased patients with clinically severe mevalonate kinase (MK) deficiency confirmed by MK mutation analysis. The phenotype in our patients ranged from
Martin Thurnher et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1831(6), 1009-1015 (2013-03-26)
The mevalonate pathway is a highly conserved metabolic cascade and provides isoprenoid building blocks for the biosynthesis of vital cellular products such as cholesterol or prenyl pyrophosphates that serve as substrates for the posttranslational prenylation of numerous proteins. The pathway
Elena Lesma et al.
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 345(2), 180-188 (2013-02-22)
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a multi-systemic syndrome caused by mutations in TSC1 or TSC2 gene. In TSC2-null cells, Rheb, a member of the Ras family of GTPases, is constitutively activated. Statins inhibit 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase and block the
Jinbo Gao et al.
Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1830(6), 3635-3642 (2013-02-23)
Mevalonate pathway is an important cellular metabolic pathway present in all higher eukaryotes and many bacteria. Four enzymes in mevalonate pathway, including MVK, PMK, MDD, and FPPS, play important regulatory roles in cholesterol biosynthesis and cell proliferation. The following methods

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