1-(7Z-hexadecenoyl)-rac-glycerol (100 mg)

Host Lipid for protein crystallization in the Lipidic Cubic Phase (LCP) [1,2], stable at low temperatures (6°C) [3], stabilizing lipid in LCP-SFX [4-6].

Shipping: shipped on dry ice

Storage Conditions: store at -20 °C

Shelf Life: 6 months

Molecular Formula: C19H36O4

Molecular Weight: 328.49

CAS#: 749266-29-3

Purity: > 99 %

Selected References:
[1] Caffrey (2015) A comprehensive review of the lipid cubic phase or in meso method for crystallizing membrane and soluble proteins and complexes. Acta Cryst F 71:3.
[2] Li et al. (2015) Ternary structure reveals mechanism of a membrane diacylglycerol kinase. Nat. Commun. 6:10140.
[3] Misquitta et al. (2004) Rational design of lipid for membrane protein crystallization. Journal of Structural Biology 148:169.
[4] Nogly et al. (2016) Lipidic cubic phase injector is a viable crystal delivery system for time-resolved serial crystallography. Nat. Commun. 7:12314.
[5] Zhu et al. (2016) Serial Femtosecond Crystallography of Membrane Proteins. Adv. Exp. Med. Biol. 922:151.
[6] Batyuk et al. (2016) Native phasing of x-ray free-electron laser data for a G protein–coupled receptor. Sci. Adv. 2:e1600292.