Amino-BCheptane-COOH(S,R,S,R/R,S,R,S)
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Amino-BCheptane-COOH(S,R,S,R/R,S,R,S)

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Category
Bicyclic Amino Acids
Catalog number
BAT-002699
CAS number
76198-36-2
Molecular Formula
C8H13NO2
Molecular Weight
155.19
Amino-BCheptane-COOH(S,R,S,R/R,S,R,S)
IUPAC Name
3-aminobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxylic acid
Synonyms
(1S,2R,3S,4R/1R,2S,3R,4S)-3-aminobicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxylic acid; 3-Amino-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-2-carboxylic acid; 3-Amino-2-norbornanecarboxylic acid
Purity
≥ 95%
Density
1.241 g/cm3
Boiling Point
303.4 °C at 760 mmHg
Storage
Store at 2-8 °C
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H13NO2/c9-7-5-2-1-4(3-5)6(7)8(10)11/h4-7H,1-3,9H2,(H,10,11)
InChI Key
JSYLGUSANAWARQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Canonical SMILES
C1CC2CC1C(C2N)C(=O)O
1. Two-microelectrode voltage clamp of Xenopus oocytes: voltage errors and compensation for local current flow
W Baumgartner, L Islas, F J Sigworth Biophys J. 1999 Oct;77(4):1980-91. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(99)77039-6.
Oocytes from Xenopus laevis are commonly used as an expression system for ion channel proteins. The most common method for their electrophysiological investigation is the two-microelectrode voltage clamp technique. The quality of voltage clamp recordings obtained with this technique is poor when membrane currents are large and when rapid charging of the membrane is desired. Detailed mathematical modeling of the experimental setup shows that the reasons for this weak performance are the electrical properties of the oocytes and the geometry of the setup. We measured the cytosolic conductivity to be approximately 5 times lower than that of the typical bath solution, and the specific membrane capacitance to be approximately 6 times higher than that of a simple lipid bilayer. The diameter of oocytes is typically approximately 1 mm, whereas the penetration depth of the microelectrodes is limited to approximately 100 microm. This eccentric current injection, in combination with the large time constants caused by the low conductivity and the high capacitance, yields large deviations from isopotentiality that decay slowly with time constants of up to 150 micros. The inhomogeneity of the membrane potential can be greatly reduced by introducing an additional, extracellular current-passing electrode. The geometrical and electrical parameters of the setup are optimized and initial experiments show that this method should allow for faster and more uniform control of membrane potential.
2. The voltage-dependent proton pumping in bacteriorhodopsin is characterized by optoelectric behavior
S Geibel, T Friedrich, P Ormos, P G Wood, G Nagel, E Bamberg Biophys J. 2001 Oct;81(4):2059-68. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(01)75855-9.
The light-driven proton pump bacteriorhodopsin (bR) was functionally expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes and in HEK-293 cells. The latter expression system allowed high time resolution of light-induced current signals. A detailed voltage clamp and patch clamp study was performed to investigate the DeltapH versus Deltapsi dependence of the pump current. The following results were obtained. The current voltage behavior of bR is linear in the measurable range between -160 mV and +60 mV. The pH dependence is less than expected from thermodynamic principles, i.e., one DeltapH unit produces a shift of the apparent reversal potential of 34 mV (and not 58 mV). The M(2)-BR decay shows a significant voltage dependence with time constants changing from 20 ms at +60 mV to 80 ms at -160 mV. The linear I-V curve can be reconstructed by this behavior. However, the slope of the decay rate shows a weaker voltage dependence than the stationary photocurrent, indicating that an additional process must be involved in the voltage dependence of the pump. A slowly decaying M intermediate (decay time > 100 ms) could already be detected at zero voltage by electrical and spectroscopic means. In effect, bR shows optoelectric behavior. The long-lived M can be transferred into the active photocycle by depolarizing voltage pulses. This is experimentally demonstrated by a distinct charge displacement. From the results we conclude that the transport cycle of bR branches via a long-lived M(1)* in a voltage-dependent manner into a nontransporting cycle, where the proton release and uptake occur on the extracellular side.
3. Voltage clamp recordings from Xenopus oocytes
N Dascal Curr Protoc Neurosci. 2001 May;Chapter 6:Unit 6.12. doi: 10.1002/0471142301.ns0612s10.
Xenopus oocytes serve as a standard heterologous expression system for the study of cloned ion channels. The large size of these cells allows for relatively easy expression and recording of activity of exogenous ion channels (together with neurotransmitter receptors and/or various regulatory proteins) using the whole-cell two-electrode voltage clamp (TEVC) technique, as well as standard single-channel patch clamp recordings. Although usually advantageous, the cell size also dictates certain limits on the accuracy of recordings and requires specific modifications of recording methods. However, combining the advantages of the system with available recording methods enables the use of Xenopus oocytes for sophisticated multidisciplinary studies of ion channels.
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