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3-methyl-L-phenylalanine

3-methyl-L-phenylalanine

ncAA Foundational Publication Support

Wang, Yane-Shih, Xinqiang Fang, Hsueh-Ying Chen, Bo Wu, Zhiyong U Wang, Christian Hilty, and Wenshe R Liu. (2013) 2013. “Genetic Incorporation Of Twelve Meta-Substituted Phenylalanine Derivatives Using A Single Pyrrolysyl-Trna Synthetase Mutant.”. Acs Chemical Biology 8 (2): 405-15. doi:10.1021/cb300512r.
ncAA Utility
n/a
ncAA Source
Exogenous - Purchased
ncAA Availability
Can be purchased from https://www.thermofisher.com/order/catalog/product/H52047.06
RS/tRNA Pair Usage Information
incorporated at medium levels (12 mg/L) with fidelity in E coli grown with 2 mM ncAA in GMML media

RS/tRNA Pair(s)

ncAA Synonyms
5472-70-8
2-Amino-3-(m-tolyl)propanoic acid
2-amino-3-m-tolyl-propionic acid
2-amino-3-(3-methylphenyl)propanoic acid
3-Methy-DL-Phenylalanine
3-METHYL-DL-PHENYLALANINE
2283-42-3
MFCD00044972
MFCD01860871
(R)-2-amino-3-m-tolylpropanoic acid
ChEBI ID
233133
ChEBI Link
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI%3A233133&conversationCont…
PubChem Link
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/225441