Product Description: p-Ethynylphenylalanine hydrochloride (4-Ethynyl-L-phenylalanine hydrochloride) is a potent, selective, reversible and competitive inhibitor of tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), with a Ki of 32.6 μM[1]. p-Ethynylphenylalanine (hydrochloride) is a click chemistry reagent, it contains an Alkyne group and can undergo copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAc) with molecules containing Azide groups.
Applications: Neuroscience-Neuromodulation
Formula: C11H12ClNO2
References: [1]Stokes AH, et al. p-ethynylphenylalanine: a potent inhibitor of tryptophan hydroxylase. J Neurochem. 2000 May;74(5):2067-73.
CAS Number: 188640-63-3
Molecular Weight: 225.67
Compound Purity: 99.42
Research Area: Neurological Disease
Solubility: DMSO : 50 mg/mL (ultrasonic;warming;heat to 60°C)/H2O : 12.5 mg/mL (ultrasonic)
Target: Tryptophan Hydroxylase