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Sigma-Aldrich

meso-2,6-Diaminopimelic acid

≥98% (TLC)

Synonym(s):

(2SR, 6RS)-2,6-Diaminoheptanedioic acid, meso-DAP

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C7H14N2O4
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
190.20
Beilstein:
1726899
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.25

Quality Level

Assay

≥98% (TLC)

form

powder

color

white to faint beige

application(s)

cell analysis

SMILES string

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

InChI

1S/C7H14N2O4/c8-4(6(10)11)2-1-3-5(9)7(12)13/h4-5H,1-3,8-9H2,(H,10,11)(H,12,13)/t4-,5+

InChI key

GMKMEZVLHJARHF-SYDPRGILSA-N

Application

Meso-2,6-diaminopimelic acid may be used to study peptidoglycan structure and function within the cell walls of bacteria.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Penultimate biosynthetic precursor of the essential amino acid L-lysine. Component of peptidoglycan in the cell wall of many bacteria.

Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Luigi Franchi et al.
Cellular microbiology, 10(1), 1-8 (2007-10-20)
The innate immune system comprises several classes of pattern-recognition receptors, including Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and nucleotide binding and oligomerization domain-like receptors (NLRs). TLRs recognize microbes on the cell surface and in endosomes, whereas NLRs sense microbial molecules in the cytosol.
S Satyanarayana et al.
Amino acids, 21(3), 221-235 (2002-01-05)
Peptidoglycans isolated from two Fusobacterium species of anaerobic bacteria were analyzed for constituent amino acids. Hydrolysis conditions were varied to optimize the yield of diamino acids from peptidoglycan. The o-phthalaldehyde derivatives of the diamino acid stereoisomers were separated by high-performance
Diaminopimelate and lysine.
Patte, J. C.
Amino Acids: Biosynthesis and Genetic Regulation, 3, 213-228 (1983)
J McKerrow et al.
Letters in applied microbiology, 30(3), 178-182 (2000-04-04)
A simple and sensitive method for separating and detecting the LL, DD and meso diastereomers of the dibasic amino acid diaminopimelic acid (DAP) in the peptidoglycan of Gram-positive bacteria is described. This method is based on reverse phase HPLC separation
Chiral high-performance liquid chromatographic separation of the three stereoisomers of 2,6-diaminopimelic acid without derivatization.
Nagasawa, T., et al.
Journal of Chromatography A, 653, 336-340 (1993)

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