A6376

N-Acetyl-L-tryptophan

≥99% (TLC), suitable for ligand binding assays

• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₁₃H₁₄N₂O₃
• CAS Number: 1218-34-4
• Molecular Weight: 246.26
• EC Number: 214-935-9
• MDL number: MFCD00065976
• UNSPSC Code: 12352209
• eCl@ss: 32160406
• PubChem Substance ID: 24891081
• NACRES: NA.26

Properties

• Product Name: N-Acetyl-L-tryptophan,
• assay: ≥99% (TLC)
• Quality Level: 200
• form: powder
• technique(s): ligand binding assay: suitable
• color: white to off-white
• storage temp.: 2-8°C
• SMILES string: CC(=O)N[C@@H](Cc1c[nH]c2ccccc12)C(O)=O
• InChI: 1S/C13H14N2O3/c1-8(16)15-12(13(17)18)6-9-7-14-11-5-3-2-4-10(9)11/h2-5,7,12,14H,6H2,1H3,(H,15,16)(H,17,18)/t12-/m0/s1
• InChI key: DZTHIGRZJZPRDV-LBPRGKRZSA-N

Description

Biochem/physiol Actions

N-Acetyl-L-tryptophan (NAT, Ac-Trp-OH) is used a substance P NK1 tachykinin receptor antagonist. N-Acetyl-L-tryptophan is also used as a competitive inhibitor to identify, differentiate and characterized tryptophanase(s).

Safety Information

• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 2
• flash_point_f: Not applicable
• flash_point_c: Not applicable
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)