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810601P

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16:0-5 Doxyl PC

Avanti Research - A Croda Brand 810601P, powder

Synonym(s):

1-palmitoyl-2-stearoyl-(5-doxyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C46H90N2O10P
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
862.19
UNSPSC Code:
41141825
NACRES:
NA.25

Assay

>99% (TLC)

form

powder

packaging

pkg of 1 × 1 mg (810601P-1mg)

manufacturer/tradename

Avanti Research - A Croda Brand 810601P

lipid type

ESR probes
phospholipids

shipped in

dry ice

storage temp.

−20°C

General description

Avanti′s nitroxide spin product listing is a group of compounds designed to act as membrane probes. A variety of positions down the hydrophobic chain are labeled with the nitroxide functional groups to allow probing the membrane at various depths. These compounds have been synthesized from 1-palmitoyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycerol-3-phosphocholine with the product being purified by column chromatography. Various n-doxyl phosphocholines have been recently used as biophysical tools to elucidate membrane trafficking with phosphatidylinositol transfer proteins and as fluorescent quenchers in lipid bilayer structural studies.
Phosphatidylcholine (PC), a strong bilayer-forming lipid is the most common phospholipid in mammalian membranes. The excretory and secretory products of helminths has a small hapten-like portion called phosphorylcholine (PC). The 5th carbon of the sn-2 stearic acid chain of 1-palmitoyl-2-stearoyl-(5-doxyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine analog has a Doxyl PC, a spin probe attached to it covalently.

Application

16:0-5 Doxyl PC may be used:
  • as a component in virus-like large unilamellar vesicles (VL LUVs) to quench 4-chloro-7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazole (NBD) fluorescence emission
  • in the preparation of multi-lamellar vesicles (MLVs) as a site-specific quencher to perform fluorescence quenching studies
  • in the preparation of spin-labelled multi-lamellar vesicles (MLVs)

Biochem/physiol Actions

Phosphatidylcholine (PC) lowers the levels of cholesterol and triglycerides.

Packaging

5 mL Clear Glass Sealed Ampule (810601P-1mg)

Preparation Note

Product use: To prevent aggregation, prepare water-based solutions of 2 mM stock solutions of n-DOXYL PCs and store in plastic. Dilute stock solutions to 0.03- 0.1 mM solutions for EPR studies. For liposome preparations in fluorescent quenching measurements, dissolve the doxyl lipid in 150 μl absolute ethanol for a concentration of 40.3 mM , Additional supplemental information.

Legal Information

Avanti Research is a trademark of Avanti Polar Lipids, LLC

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids


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Host defenses to helminths
Clinical Immunology, 367-377 (2013)
The Membranes of Cells (2016)
Ultra-stable temperature control in EPR experiments: thermodynamics of gel-to-liquid phase transition in spin-labeled phospholipid bilayers and bilayer perturbations by spin labels
Alaouie AM, et. al.
Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 182, 229-238 (2006)
Jihong Bai et al.
Nature structural & molecular biology, 11(1), 36-44 (2004-01-14)
Synaptotagmin-1 (syt), the putative Ca2+ sensor for exocytosis, is anchored to the membrane of secretory organelles. Its cytoplasmic domain is composed of two Ca2+-sensing modules, C2A and C2B. Syt binds phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2), a plasma membrane lipid with an essential
Dynamic behavior of fatty acid spin labels within a binding site of soybean lipoxygenase-1.
Wu F and Gaffney BJ.
Biochemistry, 45, 12510-12518 (2006)

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