MEL-A

MEL-A is a glycolipid biosurfactant. MEL-A can be produced from vegetable oils by Pseudozyma yeasts. MEL-A can improve the low-temperature fluidity of biodiesel and hydrocarbon fuels. MEL-A is composed of a mixture of MEL-A isoforms with variable lengths of the fatty acid chain. MEL-A can significantly increases gene transfection by cationic liposomes via membrane fusion[1][2][3][4].

Product Specifications

CAS Number

[3029766-02-4]

UNSPSC

12352211

Target

Biochemical Assay Reagents

Related Pathways

Others

Field of Research

Others

Smiles

CC(O[C@@H]1[C@@H](COC(C)=O)O[C@@H](OC[C@@H]([C@@H](CO)O)O)[C@H]([C@H]1OC(CC)=O)OC(CC)=O)=O

Molecular Formula

C20H32O13

Molecular Weight

480.46

References & Citations

[1]Imura, T., et al., (2007) . Aqueous-phase behavior of natural glycolipid biosurfactant mannosylerythritol lipid A: sponge, cubic, and lamellar phases. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids, 23 (4), 1659–1663.|[2]Im, J. H., et al., (2001) . Mannosylerythritol lipid, a yeast extracellular glycolipid, shows high binding affinity towards human immunoglobulin G. BMC biotechnology, 1, 5. |[3]Fluidity of Biodiesel and Hydrocarbon Fuels. Energy Fuels 2016, 30, 5, 4118–4125. |[4]Inoh, Y., et al., (2004) . Biosurfactant MEL-A dramatically increases gene transfection via membrane fusion. Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 94 (2-3), 423–431.