L-Histidine monohydrochloride monohydrate, >=99.0% (AT)
Biochem/physiol Actions
L-Histidine is biosynthesized from ATP, 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate (PRPP), and glutamine. This essential amino acid can be degraded to glutamate by histidiase, urocanase and imidazolonepropionase; it is also the precursor of histamine by action of histidine decarboxylase.
General description
L-Histidine is a hydrophilic essential amino acid that has a basic sidechain containing an imidazole group.
| mp | 254 °C (dec.) (lit.) |
|---|---|
| InChI key | CMXXUDSWGMGYLZ-XRIGFGBMSA-N |
| InChI | 1S/C6H9N3O2.ClH.H2O/c7-5(6(10)11)1-4-2-8-3-9-4;;/h2-3,5H,1,7H2,(H,8,9)(H,10,11);1H;1H2/t5-;;/m0../s1 |
| Manufacturer | SIGMA-ALDRICH |
| Impurities | ≤0.3% foreign amino acids |
| Form | solid |
| Assay | ≥99.0% (AT) |
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