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A9256

L-Aspartic acid

≥98% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

(S)-(+)-Aminosuccinic acid, (S)-Aminobutanedioic acid

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Linear Formula:
HO2CCH2CH(NH2)CO2H
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
133.10
NACRES:
NA.26
PubChem Substance ID:
eCl@ss:
32160406
UNSPSC Code:
12352209
EC Number:
200-291-6
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1723530
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Product Name

L-Aspartic acid, reagent grade, ≥98% (HPLC)

grade

reagent grade

Quality Level

assay

≥98% (HPLC)

form

powder, crystals or chunks

color

white to off-white

mp

>300 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

H2O: 5 mg/mL, 0.5 M HCl: 50 mg/mL (with heat), 1 M NaOH: 50 mg/mL

SMILES string

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

InChI

1S/C4H7NO4/c5-2(4(8)9)1-3(6)7/h2H,1,5H2,(H,6,7)(H,8,9)/t2-/m0/s1

InChI key

CKLJMWTZIZZHCS-REOHCLBHSA-N

Gene Information

human ... CA1(759), CA2(760)
rat ... Grin2a(24409)

Application

L-aspartic acid has been used as one of the components of synthetic drop out media for culturing budding yeast. It has also been used to study non-enzymatic gluconeogenesis.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Aspartic acid is a non-essential amino acid. It is involved in the Urea cycle, Krebs cycle and in DNA metabolism.
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Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

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Eric R. Braverman
The Healing Nutrients Within: Facts, Findings, and New Research on Amino Acids, 1-504 (2007)
Method for Multiplexing CRISPR/Cas9 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Using Artificial Target DNA Sequences
Rachael M. Giersch and Gregory C. Finnigan
Bio-protocol, 7(18), 1-24 (2017)
Nonenzymatic gluconeogenesis-like formation of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate in ice.
Messner CB
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 114(28), 7403-7407 (2017)



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
A9256-100G04061835366156
A9256-1G04061823760232
A9256-1KG04061833401637
A9256-500G04061833401644
A9256-5KG04061832720623