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Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid]
natural origin
Synonym(s):
(R)-3-Hydroxybutyric acid polymerized, PHB
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Linear Formula:
[COCH2CH(CH3)O]n
CAS Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12162002
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.23
Quality Level
transition temp
Tm 172 °C (DSC)
SMILES string
CC(O)CC(O)=O
InChI
1S/C12H20O6/c1-8(14)6-11(15)18-10(3)7-12(16)17-9(2)4-5-13/h5,8-10,14H,4,6-7H2,1-3H3
InChI key
QLACRIKFZRFWRU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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General description
Biocompatible, biodegradable polymer.
Application
Poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) is a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer produced by several bacterial species, owing to its low resorbability and tunable properties, it may find uses in a variety of applications such as tissue engineering, controlled release systems etc.
WGK
WGK 3
Flash Point(F)
Not applicable
Flash Point(C)
Not applicable
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Molecular mass of poly [(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] produced in a recombinant Escherichia coli.
Kusaka S, et al.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 47(2), 140-143 (1997)
Engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the production of poly-3-d-hydroxybutyrate from xylose.
Sandstrom A G, et al.
AMB Express, 5(1), 14-14 (2015)
Proliferation and skeletal myotube formation capability of C2C12 and H9c2 cells on isotropic and anisotropic electrospun nanofibrous PHB scaffolds.
Ricotti L, et al.
Biomedical Materials (Bristol, England), 7(3), 035010-035010 (2012)
Daniel Pfeiffer et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 194(21), 5909-5921 (2012-08-28)
Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) granules are covered by a surface layer consisting of mainly phasins and other PHB granule-associated proteins (PGAPs). Phasins are small amphiphilic proteins that determine the number and size of accumulated PHB granules. Five phasin proteins (PhaP1 to PhaP5)
Rui-Yan Wang et al.
PloS one, 8(3), e57943-e57943 (2013-03-14)
A couple of DNA ligation-independent cloning (LIC) methods have been reported to meet various requirements in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. The principle of LIC is the assembly of multiple overlapping DNA fragments by single-stranded (ss) DNA overlaps annealing. Here
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