Mevastatin
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- Applikation
- Inhibition Assay (InhA), Functional Studies (Func)
- Verwendungszweck
- Mevastatin or compactin is a cholesterol-lowering agent isolated from Penicillium citinium. It was the first discovered agent belonging to the class of cholesterol-lowering medications known as statins. During a search for antibiotic compounds produced by fungi in 1971, Akira Endo at Sankyo Co. (Japan) discovered a class of compounds that appeared to lower plasma cholesterol levels. Two years later, the research group isolated a compound structurally similar to hydroxymethylglutarate (HMG) that inhibited the incorporation of acetate. The compound was proposed to bind to the reductase enzyme and was named compactin. Mevastatin is a competitive inhibitor of HMG-Coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase with a binding affinity 10,000 times greater than the HMG-CoA substrate itself. Mevastatin is a pro-drug that is activated by in vivo hydrolysis of the lactone ring. It has served as one of the lead compounds for the development of the synthetic compounds used today.
- Produktmerkmale
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Source of Compound: Penicillium brevicompactum, Compactin, CS-500, ML-236B
Target: HMG-CoA Reductase inhibitor,CES inhibitor
Receptor: HMG-CoA Reductase ,CES 1 - Aufreinigung
- All the products are sent with COA, HPLC and NMR inspection report to guarantee the quality.
- Reinheit
- 95 %
- Formel
- C23H34O5
- Löslichkeit
- Soluble in DMSO
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- Applikationshinweise
- Optimal working dilution should be determined by the investigator.
- Beschränkungen
- Nur für Forschungszwecke einsetzbar
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- Format
- Solid
- Lagerung
- -20 °C
- Informationen zur Lagerung
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For the majority of compounds, they could be dissolved in DMSO or other organic solvent.
Their stock solution can be stored at -20°C for up to 3 months and aliquoted for sampling convenience.
Several freeze/thaw cycles should not damage the activity of our small molecule products.
However, in many instances the aqueous solutions of some compounds need to be made fresh and cannot be stored. For these compounds, their solution should be prepared just before use and stored no longer than 24 hours. - Haltbarkeit
- 24 months
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- Hintergrund
- Metabolism
- Molekulargewicht
- 390.51 g/mol
- CAS-Nummer
- 73573-88-3
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