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- Tryptophan
- a-methyl-
- DL-Tryptophan
- a-methyl-
- Tryptophan
- a-methyl-
- DL- (8CI)
- a-Methyltryptophan
- (±)-a-Methyltryptophan
- 2-Amino-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-2-methylpropanoic acid
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- 2-Azaniumyl-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-2-methylpropanoate
- DL-a-Methyltryptophan
- NSC 9948
- Alpha-Methyl-DL-Tryptophan
- H-.alpha.-Me-DL-Trp-OH
- A-Methyl-L-Tryptophan
Applications α-methyl-DL-tryptophan is used as a blocker of ATBo, an amino acid transporter whose expression is upregulated in cancer. It is also a substrate or non-transported inhibitor of the amino acid transporter PAT2 (slc36a2).
References Karunakaran, J., et al.: J. Biochem., 414, 343 (2008); Edwards, N., et al.: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, Biomembranes, 1808, 260 (2011)
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