Digalacturonic acid

Digalacturonic acid is a metabolite of pectin or pectic acid. Digalacturonic acid can be used for the co-crystallization of enzymes such as proteinase K[1][2].

Product Specifications

CAS Number

[5894-59-7]

UNSPSC

12352005

Target

Endogenous Metabolite

Type

Reference compound

Related Pathways

Metabolic Enzyme/Protease

Applications

Metabolism-sugar/lipid metabolism

Field of Research

Others

Assay Protocol

https://www.medchemexpress.com/digalacturonic-acid.html

Purity

Solubility

H2O : ≥ 50 mg/mL

Smiles

O=C[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H]([C@H](O)C(O)=O)O[C@H]1O[C@@H]([C@@H]([C@@H]([C@H]1O)O)O)C(O)=O

Molecular Formula

C12H18O13

Molecular Weight

370.26

References & Citations

[1]Gouvion C, et, al. Conformational study of digalacturonic acid and sodium digalacturonate in solution. Carbohydr Res. 1994 Aug 17;261 (2) :187-202. |[2]Larson SB, et, al. High-resolution structure of proteinase K cocrystallized with digalacturonic acid. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2009 Mar 1;65 (Pt 3) :192-8.