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D4288

Sigma-Aldrich

Digalacturonic acid

≥85% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

α-D-GalA-(1→4)-D-GalA

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C12H18O13
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
370.26
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.25

biological source

synthetic (organic)

Quality Level

Assay

≥85% (HPLC)

form

powder

color

white to off-white

solubility

water: 50 mg/mL, clear, colorless to faintly yellow

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

OC(C=O)C(O)C(OC1OC(C(O)C(O)C1O)C(O)=O)C(O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C12H18O13/c13-1-2(14)3(15)8(7(19)10(20)21)24-12-6(18)4(16)5(17)9(25-12)11(22)23/h1-9,12,14-19H,(H,20,21)(H,22,23)

InChI key

SYBQLSSECRIKMJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Digalacturonic acid (DGA), derived in vivo from pectin catabolism, is used for the co-crystallization of enzymes such as proteinase K. It is used in galacturonic acid metabolism research as a substrate to identify, differentiate and characterized endo- and exopolygalacturonase(s) and gluconase(s). DGA is used to study the transport of oligogalacturonides by systems such as the TogMNAB ABC transporter.

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Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Steven B Larson et al.
Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology and crystallization communications, 65(Pt 3), 192-198 (2009-03-04)
Proteinase K, a subtilisin-like fungal protease, was crystallized from a cocktail of small molecules containing digalacturonic acid (DGA). The crystal structure was determined to 1.32 A resolution and refined to an R factor of 0.158. The final model contained, beside
N Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat et al.
Molecular microbiology, 41(5), 1113-1123 (2001-09-14)
The bacterium Erwinia chrysanthemi, which causes soft rot disease on various plants, is able to use pectin as a carbon source for growth. Knowledge of the critical step in pectin catabolism which allows the entry of pectic oligomers into the
S Gognies et al.
Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology, 39(7), 1023-1029 (2012-03-01)
In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, an endopolygalacturonase encoded by the PGL1 gene catalyzes the random hydrolysis of the α-1,4 glycosidic linkages in polygalacturonic acid. To study the regulation of the PGL1 gene, we constructed a reporter vector containing the lacZ gene under
Lisha Zhang et al.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B, 48(10), 990-997 (2011-06-21)
D-galacturonic acid is the most abundant component of pectin, one of the major polysaccharide constituents of plant cell walls. Galacturonic acid potentially is an important carbon source for microorganisms living on (decaying) plant material. A catabolic pathway was proposed in
L Parenicová et al.
FEBS letters, 467(2-3), 333-336 (2000-02-17)
We isolated and characterized a new type of endopolygalacturonase (PG)-encoding gene, pgaD, from Aspergillus niger. The primary structure of PGD differs from that of other A. niger PGs by a 136 amino acid residues long N-terminal extension. Biochemical analysis demonstrated

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