Description
General Description
Glycine is a non-essential, non-polar, non-optical, glucogenic amino acid.
Influx of calcium through the cell membrane is mediated by glycine-gated channel. Glycine participates in the synthesis of porphyrins, purine and serine. It also serves as a competitive agonist for glutamate in binding to the NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptors. Glycine synthesis might be increased in rapidly proliferating cancer cells, due to increased demand for the amino acid.
Inhibitory neurotransmitter in spinal cord, allosteric regulator of NMDA receptors.
Application:
Glycine has been used in whole-cell patch clamp recording to measure inward NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) currents. It has also been used as a model organic system in crystallography to demonstrate a novel acoustic nebulization platform.
CAS Number: 56-40-6;
Synonyms: 2-Aminoacetic acid; Aminoacetic acid; Glycocoll; Aminoethanoic acid
Molecular Formula: C2H5NO2;
Molecular Weight: 75.067 g/mol
InChI Key: DHMQDGOQFOQNFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Additional information
| Size | 500 g, 1 kg |
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