N-Lignoceroyl Taurine

N-Lignoceroyl Taurine

• CAS Number: 807370-75-8
• UNSPSC Description: N-Lignoceroyl Taurine is an arachidonoyl amino acid and taurine conjugate with a fatty acid that can be isolated from bovine brain. N-Lignoceroyl Taurine is one of several novel taurine-conjugated fatty acids discovered during mass spectrometry lipidomic analysis of the brain and spinal cord of wild-type and fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) knockout mice. N-Lignoceroyl Taurine levels were 23-26-fold higher in FAAH-/- mice compared to wild-type mice, suggesting that FAAH utilizes N-Lignoceroyl Taurine as a substrate. However, in vitro experiments with purified FAAH showed that N-Lignoceroyl Taurine was hydrolyzed 2,000-fold slower in FAAH compared to oleoylethanolamide. N-Acyl Taurines with polyunsaturated acyl chains can activate members of the transient receptor potential (TRP) calcium channel family, including TRPV1 and TRPV4.
• Target Antigen: Endogenous Metabolite
• Type: Reference compound
• Related Pathways: Metabolic Enzyme/Protease
• Field of Research: Metabolic Disease
• Assay Protocol: https://www.medchemexpress.com/n-lignoceroyl-taurine.html
• Smiles: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(NCCS(=O)(O)=O)=O
• Molecular Weight: 475.77
• References & Citations: [1]Huang, et al. Identification of a new class of molecules, the arachidonyl amino acids, and characterization of one member that inhibits pain. J. Biol. Chem. 276(46), 42639-42644 (2001).
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• Clinical Information: No Development Reported