Cystamine
CAT:
804-HY-124476-05
Size:
500 mg
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Cystamine
- CAS Number: 51-85-4
- UNSPSC Description: Cystamine is the disulfide form of the free thiol, cysteamine. Cystamine is an orally active transglutaminase (Tgase) inhibitor. Cystamine also has inhibition activity for caspase-3 with an IC50 value of 23.6 μM. Cystamine can be used for the research of severals diseases including Huntington's disease (HD) [1][2][3].
- Target Antigen: Apoptosis; Caspase; Glutaminase
- Type: Reference compound
- Related Pathways: Apoptosis;Metabolic Enzyme/Protease
- Field of Research: Cancer
- Assay Protocol: https://www.medchemexpress.com/cystamine.html
- Purity: 99.79
- Solubility: DMSO : 100 mg/mL (ultrasonic)|H2O : 100 mg/mL (ultrasonic)
- Smiles: NCCSSCCN
- Molecular Weight: 152.28
- References & Citations: [1]Mathieu Lesort, et al. Cystamine inhibits caspase activity. Implications for the treatment of polyglutamine disorders. J Biol Chem. 2003 Feb 7;278(6):3825-30. |[2]Alpaslan Dedeoglu, et al. Therapeutic effects of cystamine in a murine model of Huntington's disease. J Neurosci. 2002 Oct 15;22(20):8942-50. |[3]Thomas M Jeitner, et al. Cystamine and cysteamine as inhibitors of transglutaminase activity in vivo. Biosci Rep. 2018 Sep 5;38(5):BSR20180691.
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- Storage Conditions: -20°C, 3 years (Powder)
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