H-Glu(Ala-OH)-OH

Names

[ Name ]:
H-Glu(Ala-OH)-OH

[Synonym ]:
g-Glu-Ala.
N-L-R-Glutamyl-L-alanine
H-g-Glu-Ala-OH
5-L-Glutamyl-L-alanine
L-gamma-glutamyl-L-alanine
H-γ-GLU-ALA-OH
MFCD00037215
H-GLU(ALA-OH)-OH

Biological Activity

[Description]:

γ-L-Glutamyl-L-alanine, composed of gamma-glutamate and alanine, is a proteolytic breakdown product of larger proteins.

[Related Catalog]:

Signaling Pathways >> Others >> Others

Research Areas >> Others

[References]

[1]. Ovchinnikova OG, et al. Structure of a polysaccharide from Providencia rustigianii O11 containing a novel amide of 2-acetamido-2-deoxygalacturonic acid with L-glutamyl-L-alanine. Carbohydr Res. 2012 Feb 15;349:95-102.

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Chemical & Physical Properties

[ Density]:
1.362g/cm3

[ Boiling Point ]:
564.4ºC at 760mmHg

[ Melting Point ]:
188-192ºC(lit.)

[ Molecular Formula ]:
C₈H₁₄N₂O₅

[ Molecular Weight ]:
218.20700

[ Flash Point ]:
295.1ºC

[ Exact Mass ]:
218.09000

[ PSA ]:
129.72000

[ Index of Refraction ]:
1.527

MSDS

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Safety Information

[ RIDADR ]:
NONH for all modes of transport

Synthetic Route

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Precursor & DownStream

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DownStream

Articles

A spectrophotometric method for the determination of gamma-glutamyl cyclotransferase with alanine dehydrogenase in the presence of anthglutin.

Biochem. Med. Metab. Biol. 38(3) , 311-6, (1987)

gamma-Glutamyl cyclotransferase activity is assayed in tissues by a colorimetric method using gamma-glutamyl alanine as a substrate coupled with alanine dehydrogenase from B. sphericus, to measure the...

gamma-Glutamylcyclotransferase: inhibition by D-beta-aminoglutaryl-L-alanine and analysis of the solvent kinetic isotope effect.

Eur. J. Biochem. 184(1) , 97-101, (1989)

Spin-echo NMR spectroscopy was used to record the cleavage of a gamma-glutamyl--amino-acid by (5-L-glutamyl)-L-amino-acid 5-glutamyltransferase (cyclizing) (gamma-glutamylcyclotransferase) in human er...

Glutathione metabolism at the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier.

FASEB J. 3(13) , 2527-31, (1989)

Glutathione metabolism and transport in the choroid plexus were probed by determining the effects of administration to rats of several compounds (buthionine sulfoximine, L-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxyl...