D-Glutamic Acid

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Cat Number

CHE6893261

CAS Number

6893-26-1

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CAS Number

6893-26-1

EINECS

230-000-8

Synonyms

D-Glu; H-D-Glu-OH; (R)-2-aminopentanedioic acid; (2R)-2-aminopentanedioic acid

Molecular Formula

C5H9NO4

Molecular Weight

147.13

Smiles

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

Appearance

Solid

Melting Point

201℃

General Description

D-Glutamic acid is one of two stereoisomers of glutamic acid. The other enantiomer is L-glutamic acid, which is the natural form that is used in protein biosynthesis and metabolism. D-glutamic acid is found in the cell walls of bacteria as part of peptidoglycan.

Application

Biological activity has led to the use of D-glutamic acid for research into peptidoglycan synthesis and construction of new antibiotics that attack cell wall synthesis. D-glutamic acid may also be added to culture media to supply necessary D-amino acids for bacteria. D-glutamic acid is used in pharmaceutical research, including in drug design (examples of which include inhibitors of glutamate racemase), as a chiral building block for asymmetric synthesis, and also in neuroscience research into the possible role of D-amino acids.