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H6771

2-Hydroxytetradecanoic acid

≥98% (capillary GC)

Synonym(s):

2-Hydroxymyristic acid, DL-α-Hydroxymyristic acid

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C14H28O3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
244.37
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
NACRES:
NA.77
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
219-714-0
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1725369
MDL number:
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InChI key

JYZJYKOZGGEXSX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C14H28O3/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13(15)14(16)17/h13,15H,2-12H2,1H3,(H,16,17)

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCC(O)C(O)=O

assay

≥98% (capillary GC)

lipid type

saturated FAs

storage temp.

2-8°C

Biochem/physiol Actions

An analog of myristic acid that becomes metabolically activated in cells to form 2-hydroxymyristoyl-CoA. Inhibitor of protein myristoylation.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)


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J S Gunn et al.
Infection and immunity, 68(6), 3758-3762 (2000-05-19)
The PhoP-PhoQ two-component system is necessary for the virulence of Salmonella spp. and is responsible for regulating several modifications of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Mutagenesis of the transcriptional regulator phoP resulted in the identification of a mutant able to activate transcription
S M Cordo et al.
Microbes and infection, 1(8), 609-614 (1999-12-28)
The effects of two myristic acid analogs on Junin virus (JV) replication were investigated. The compounds chosen for the study were DL-2-hydroxymyristic acid (2OHM), an inhibitor of N-myristoyltransferase (NMT), which binds the enzyme and blocks protein myristoylation, and 13-oxamyristic acid
L I Sly et al.
International journal of systematic bacteriology, 47(1), 211-213 (1997-01-01)
Determination of the 16S rRNA gene sequence of Caulobacter subvibrioides ATCC 15264T (T = type strain) confirmed that this species is a member of the alpha subclass of the Proteobacteria and showed that it is phylogenetically most closely related to
Abdulla S Kazim et al.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 491(3), 740-746 (2017-07-26)
High blood glucose triggers the release of insulin from pancreatic beta cells, but if chronic, causes cellular stress, partly due to impaired Ca
L A Paige et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 268(12), 8669-8674 (1993-04-25)
The myristoylated protein-tyrosine kinase, p56lck, is expressed predominantly in T cells where it is believed to play a role in T cell activation. We observed a 56-kDa protein that became metabolically labeled in intact T lymphoid cells that were incubated

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